Selected quad for the lemma: religion_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
religion_n	good_a	great_a	think_v	2,784	4	3.9729	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58251	Reasons humbly offered against grafting or splicing and for dissolving this present East-India Company, or joint-stock, and erecting and establishing a new national joint-stock or company, more extensive and universal, on a better constitution and terms of settlement.		1690 (1690)	Wing R522A; ESTC R36699	7,645	8

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