Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	king_n	law_n	prerogative_n	9,741	5	10.5060	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57014	A reply on behalf of the present East-India Company, to a paper of complaints, commonly called, The thirteen articles delivered by their adversaries, to the members of the honourable House of Commons.	East India Company.	1698 (1698)	Wing R1049; ESTC R219054	6,571	4

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