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	situation_n	soil_n	1,989	5	11.5375	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55702	The Present interest of Tangier		1679 (1679)	Wing P3248; ESTC R9104	5,548	4

the_o present_a interest_n of_o tangier_n tangier_n be_v a_o pleasant_a city_n as_o any_o in_o the_o world_n in_o a_o most_o wholesome_a air_n pure_a and_o free_a from_o all_o infection_n situate_a in_o a_o most_o rich_a and_o fruitful_a soil_n able_a to_o yield_v all_o thing_n needful_a to_o the_o life_n of_o man_n there_o be_v no_o pleasure_n or_o delight_n but_o this_o country_n if_o open_a will_v afford_v to_o the_o inhabitant_n without_o the_o assistance_n of_o foreign_a nation_n the_o air_n be_v temperate_a and_o cool_v with_o the_o annual_a brise_n in_o the_o summer_n call_v etesian_a wind_n and_o often_o purge_v from_o the_o distemper_n which_o otherwise_o may_v reign_v there_o by_o the_o easterly_a and_o westerly_a wind_n by_o this_o mean_v it_o happen_v that_o it_o be_v neither_o very_a hot_a in_o the_o summer_n nor_o excessive_a cold_a in_o the_o winter_n but_o temperate_a and_o agreeable_a with_o the_o disposition_n of_o our_o humane_a body_n the_o moor_n thereabouts_o live_v common_o to_o a_o great_a age_n i_o have_v see_v many_o among_o they_o about_o eighty_o and_o ninety_o year_n of_o age_n very_o lusty_a and_o since_o tangier_n belong_v to_o england_n none_o can_v say_v that_o ever_o the_o plague_n have_v be_v in_o that_o city_n or_o that_o there_o have_v be_v any_o infection_n to_o carry_v away_o the_o inhabitant_n proceed_v from_o the_o air_n or_o country_n i_o confess_v many_o have_v die_v in_o this_o place_n but_o most_o through_o their_o own_o folly_n debauchery_n and_o lust_n which_o have_v destroy_v here_o many_o of_o his_o majesty_n good_a subject_n if_o we_o can_v beg_v such_o a_o wind_n from_o almighty_a god_n as_o to_o drive_v from_o thence_o these_o infection_n our_o english_a body_n will_v be_v very_o healthy_a and_o tangier_n will_v not_o be_v so_o odious_a to_o the_o nation_n it_o be_v build_v by_o the_o phoenician_n if_o procopius_n may_v be_v believe_v for_o he_o tell_v we_o of_o a_o pillar_n near_o tingi_fw-la where_o these_o 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