Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	government_n	king_n	monarchy_n	2,757	5	9.5091	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31722	The Character of a Whig, under several denominations to which is added, The reverse, or, The character of a true English-man, in opposition to the former.		1700 (1700)	Wing C2001; ESTC R13356	59,454	139

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