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	place_n	3,382	5	3.9876	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66124	The case of the exiled Vaudois and French Protestants stated, and their relief recommended to all good Christians, especially to those of the reformed religion in a sermon preach'd at St. James Westminster, April 5, 1699, being the day of the publick fast / by William Wake ...	Wake, William, 1657-1737.	1699 (1699)	Wing W232; ESTC R12313	15,700	34

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