Selected quad for the lemma: prince_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prince_n	death_n	king_n	wales_n	2,767	5	10.1787	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63115	An argument, shewing that a standing army is inconsistent with a free government and absolutely destructive to the constitution of the English monarchy	Trenchard, John, 1662-1723.; Moyle, Walter, 1672-1721.; Johnson, Samuel, 1649-1703.	1697 (1697)	Wing T2110; ESTC R16212	20,433	36

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