Selected quad for the lemma: reason_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
reason_n	rule_v	wit_n	work_v	3,117	5	12.1843	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47665	The gallery of heroick women written in French by Peter Le Moyne of the Society of Jesus ; translated into English by the Marquesse of Winchester.; Gallerie des femmes fortes. English	Le Moyne, Pierre, 1602-1671.; Winchester, John Paulet, Earl of, 1598-1675.	1652 (1652)	Wing L1045; ESTC R12737	274,351	362

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