Selected quad for the lemma: majesty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
majesty_n	act_v	comedy_n	servant_n	2,804	5	7.7353	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55540	The Cornish comedy as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Dorset-Garden by His Majesty's servants.	Powell, George, 1658?-1714.	1696 (1696)	Wing P3048; ESTC R19406	43,608	62

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