Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	day_n	great_a	place_n	3,397	5	3.9145	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38666	Essex's excellency, or, The gallantry of the freeholders of that country being a short account of the brave British behaviour of those worthy freeholders, in the choice of their knights to serve in the next Parliament : together with the truly noble Lord Gray his speech at the close of their choice / published by an eye-witness of their most noble courage for the example of their neighbouring counties.	Eye-witness of their most noble courage for the example of their neighbouring counties.	1679 (1679)	Wing E3343; ESTC R10510	9,790	10

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