Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	justice_n	peace_n	session_n	3,467	5	11.0717	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50260	Of repairing and mending the highways in five sections; touching, I: Removing obstructions in the highways, and scouring the ditches next adjoining. II. Draining the highways, and repai[r]ing them. III. IV. V. Providing material. Labourers. Carriages. Published for the use and instruction of young surveyors. By William Mather, a late surveyor of the highways in Bedford.	Mather, W. (William), fl. 1695.	1696 (1696)	Wing M1285; ESTC R217674	9,335	35

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