Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	city_n	great_a	plenty_n	1,450	5	9.5854	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08375	Esops eables [sic] translated grammatically, and also in propriety of our English phrase; and, euery way, in such sort as may bee most profitable for the grammar-schoole; Aesop's fables. English	Aesop.; Brinsley, John, fl. 1581-1624.	1617 (1617)	STC 187.5; ESTC S104368	37,385	84

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