Selected quad for the lemma: law_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
law_n	king_n	know_v	power_n	6,767	5	5.0443	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53065	The worlds olio written by the Right Honorable, the Lady Margaret Newcastle.	Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.	1655 (1655)	Wing N873; ESTC R17513	193,895	242

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reason_n dissy_a there_o be_v many_o sort_n of_o melancholy_a but_o love-melancholy_n make_v they_o cry_v out_o o_o please_a pain_n and_o happy_a misery_n 75._o there_o be_v a_o fix_a grief_n and_o a_o move_a grief_n the_o one_o have_v neither_o sigh_n nor_o tear_n but_o seem_v as_o a_o marble_n pillar_n the_o other_o break_v into_o complaint_n and_o pour_v itself_o forth_o in_o shower_n of_o tear_n yet_o there_o be_v many_o sort_n of_o tear_n for_o there_o be_v tear_n of_o joy_n and_o there_o be_v tear_n of_o sorrow_n and_o tear_n of_o anger_n tear_n of_o pity_n and_o of_o mirth_n and_o in_o all_o passion_n tear_n be_v apt_a to_o flow_v especial_o from_o moist_a brain_n but_o deep_a sorrow_n have_v dry_a eye_n silent_a tongue_n and_o ache_a heart_n 76._o when_o the_o spirit_n be_v weary_v with_o grief_n they_o fall_v into_o a_o melancholy_n weep_v and_o then_o be_v settle_v with_o a_o compliance_n to_o time_n 77._o passion_n will_v rise_v in_o the_o defence_n of_o honour_n and_o the_o 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