Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	great_a	see_v	time_n	7,497	5	3.4609	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18844	An epistle or letter of exhortation vvritten in Latyne by Marcus Tullius Cicero, to his brother Quintus the proconsull or deputy of Asia, wherin the office of a magistrate is connyngly and wisely described. Translated into englyshe by G.G. Set furth and authorised according to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions; Correspondence. English. Selections	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Gilby, Goddred.; Cicero, Quintus Tullius.	1561 (1561)	STC 5306; ESTC S107979	16,428	48

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