Selected quad for the lemma: opinion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
opinion_n	great_a	think_v	time_n	2,405	5	3.2803	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90362	The Jesuits grand design upon England, clearly discovered in a letter lately written from a father of that society.	Peirce, Edmund, Sir, d. 1667.; J. M.	1660 (1660)	Wing P1063; Thomason E1019_16; ESTC R208327	7,068	8

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