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	village_n	1,731	5	9.2720	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65808	A sermon preach'd to the natives of the county of Warwick and city of Coventry in the church of St. Mary le Bow, London, November 14th, 1695 by Tho. White, preacher at Stratford Le Bow in Middlesex and Prebendary of Litchfield.	White, Thomas, 1593-1676.	1695 (1695)	Wing W1851; ESTC R30194	9,129	31

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