Selected quad for the lemma: opinion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
opinion_n	world_n	writer_n	year_n	133	4	4.6829	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44092	The resurrection of the (same) body asserted, from the traditions of the heathens, the ancient Jews, and the primitive church with an answer to the objections brought against it / by Humphry Hody ...	Hody, Humphrey, 1659-1707.	1694 (1694)	Wing H2344; ESTC R9555	117,744	234

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