Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	line_n	page_n	read_v	2,889	5	9.7617	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63501	The true Countess of Banbury's case relating to her marriage rightly stated in a letter to the Lord Banbury.	Price, Elizabeth, 17th cent.	1696 (1696)	Wing T2667; ESTC R12414	29,409	37

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