Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	castle_n	city_n	land_n	14,781	5	9.6515	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55203	The fourth volume of Plutarch's Lives Translated from the Greek, by several hands.; Lives. English. Vol. IV.	Plutarch.	1693 (1693)	Wing P2639A; ESTC R217668	373,128	844

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