Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	high_a	king_n	parliament_n	6,880	5	6.6843	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47798	An answer to a letter to a dissenter upon occasion of His Majesties late gracious declaration of indulgence / by Sir Roger L'Estrange.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1687 (1687)	Wing L1195; ESTC R24430	50,153	54

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