Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	great_a	part_n	time_n	2,743	4	3.3144	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56034	Proposals for printing A compleat history of England: or, The lives of all the kings to His present Majesty Containing, a faithful relation of all affairs of state, both ecclesiastical and civil, with observations, ancient inscriptions, coins and medals, for illustration thereof; and the effigies of the kings. Collected from the most authentick authors and original papers, by several hands.; Complete history of England. Prospectus.		1695 (1695)	Wing P3732; ESTC R222507	1,182	1

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