Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	king_n	law_n	power_n	7,575	5	5.4187	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64076	Tyranny no magistracy, or A modest and compendious enquirie into the nature, and boundaries of that ordinance of magistracy With an essay to demonstrate it's specifick distinction from tyranny. By an enemy to tyranny and lover of true magistracy.	Enemy to tyranny and lover of true magistracy.	1687 (1687)	Wing T3571; ESTC R220725	21,607	28

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