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
A82281	The present case of England, and the Protestant interest	Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.	1690-1701 (1701)	Wing D842C; ESTC N53461	3,317	4

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