Selected quad for the lemma: opinion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
opinion_n	army_n	king_n	venetian_n	587	5	13.0909	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60214	Discourses concerning government by Algernon Sidney ... ; published from an original manuscript of the author.	Sidney, Algernon, 1622-1683.	1698 (1698)	Wing S3761; ESTC R11837	539,730	470

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