Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	bring_v	great_a	house_n	1,501	5	4.9964	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45229	The husbandman's jewel directing how to improve land from 10 l. per annum to 50 l. with small charge by planting ...	Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.	1695 (1695)	Wing H3806; ESTC T36873	39,874	54

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