Selected quad for the lemma: mind_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mind_n	advantage_n	book_n	great_a	84	3	2.1194	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34970	Fanaticism fanatically imputed to the Catholick church by Doctour Stillingfleet and the imputation refuted and retorted / by S.C. a Catholick ...	Cressy, Serenus, 1605-1674.; Stillingfleet, Edward, 1635-1699.	1672 (1672)	Wing C6898; ESTC R1090	75,544	216

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