Selected quad for the lemma: opinion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
opinion_n	act_n	case_n	parliament_n	607	5	6.4420	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62416	The Earl of Anglesey's state of the government & kingdom prepared and intended for His Majesty, King Charles II in the year 1682, but the storm inpending growing so high prevented it then : with a short vindication of His Lordship from several aspersions cast upon him, in a pretended letter that carries the title of his memoirs / by Sir John Thompson, Baronet.; State of the government & kingdom	Anglesey, Arthur Annesley, Earl of, 1614-1686.; Haversham, John Thompson, Baron, 1647-1710.	1694 (1694)	Wing T1000; ESTC R1565	19,674	41

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