Selected quad for the lemma: mind_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mind_n	bear_v	great_a	time_n	1,307	5	3.1595	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59559	A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, in Bow-Church, on the feast of St. Michael, 1680 at the election of the Lord Mayor for the year ensuing / by John Sharpe ...	Sharp, John, 1645-1714.	1680 (1680)	Wing S2987; ESTC R17019	16,263	40

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