Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	able_a	great_a	think_v	353	4	3.8059	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42748	Phaeton, or, The fatal divorce a tragedy as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in imitation of the antients : with some reflections on a book call'd, A short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage.	Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724.; Euripides. Medea.	1698 (1698)	Wing G735; ESTC R8371	47,862	57

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