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
A53525	The poet's complaint of his muse, or, A satyr against libells a poem / by Thomas Otway.	Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685.	1680 (1680)	Wing O556; ESTC R21975	11,145	28

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