Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	government_n	situation_n	soil_n	2,344	5	12.2094	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48366	A design of a British dictionary, historical and geographical with an essay, entituled, Archælogia Britannica: and a natural history of Wales. By Edward Lhwyd, keeper of the Ashmolean repository, Oxon.	Lhuyd, Edward, 1660-1709.	1695 (1695)	Wing L1944B; ESTC R213615	2,946	2

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those_o gentleman_n who_o shall_v think_v fit_a to_o encourage_v i_o oxon_n octob._n 20._o 1695._o