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	town_n	village_n	1,428	5	9.2518	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65586	Select and choice poems collected out of the labours of Captain George Wharton.	Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681.	1661 (1661)	Wing W1558; ESTC R33587	35,485	96

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