Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	aspire_v	degree_n	great_a	31	3	2.0964	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50713	Merry drollery, or A Collection of [brace] jovial poems, merry songs, witty drolleries intermix'd with pleasant catches The first part / collected by W.N., C.B., R.S., J.G., lovers of wit.	W. N.	1661 (1661)	Wing M1860; ESTC R43449	66,103	184

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