Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	king_n	law_n	prerogative_n	2,572	5	10.8191	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47921	The state and interest of the nation, with respect to His Royal Highness the Duke of York discours'd at large, in a letter to a member of the Honourable House of Commons.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1680 (1680)	Wing L1309; ESTC R7627	19,626	35

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