Selected quad for the lemma: power_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	law_n	prince_n	sovereign_a	3,774	5	9.4515	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59874	A sermon preached at St. Margarets Westminster, May 29, 1685, before the Honourable House of Commons by William Sherlock ...	Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1685 (1685)	Wing S3345; ESTC R21741	10,171	38

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