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	river_n	soil_n	1,442	5	10.3487	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66418	A sermon preached at the Northampton-shire feast, November 8, 1683 being the first general meeting of such citizens and inhabitants in London, as were born within that county / by John Williams ...	Williams, John, 1636?-1709.	1684 (1684)	Wing W2725; ESTC R7241	20,162	36

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ezek._n 20.16_o leu._n 18.28_o nahum_n 3.8_o isa_n 27.11_o cumbden_n brit._n bale_n cent_n 5._o num_fw-la 65._o fuller_n worthy_n politic._n nauclerus_fw-la generate_fw-la 24_o platina_n vit_fw-fr bonif._n 9_o spondani_fw-la supplem_fw-la baron_fw-fr an._n 1342.1_o