Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	call_v	great_a	river_n	7,396	5	7.2723	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42631	A description of the present state of Samos, Nicaria, Patmos, and Mount Athos by Joseph Georgirenes ... ; translated by one that knew the author in Constantinople.; Perigraphē tēs parousēs katastaseōs tēs Samou, Ikarias, Patmou, kai Athōnos. English	Geōrgarinēs, Iōsēph, 17th cent.; Denton, Henry, 1633?-1681.	1678 (1678)	Wing G536; ESTC R7929	42,183	134

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