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	people_n	tyranny_n	2,786	5	9.5807	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41631	An essay of the true happines of man in two books / by Samuel Gott ...	Gott, Samuel, 1613-1671.	1650 (1650)	Wing G1354; ESTC R6768	89,685	312

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