Selected quad for the lemma: rest_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
rest_n	great_a	part_n	time_n	3,519	5	3.2509	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85693	Rules of life: being good wishes to the clergy and laiety; for whose use the Asse's complaint was written. / By Lewis Griffin.	Griffin, Lewis.; H. W. Balaams reply to the asse.	1663 (1663)	Wing G1983; ESTC R227025	17,979	46

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