Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	wrong_a	wrong_n	wrong_v	67	3	8.7871	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35949	A brief exposition of the evangel of Jesus Christ according to Matthew by David Dickson ...	Dickson, David, 1583?-1663.	1651 (1651)	Wing D1400; ESTC R13881	307,666	370

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