Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	great_a	king_n	persia_n	1,582	5	10.5277	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43758	The Speech of Mr. Higgons in Parliament at the reading of the bill for the militia the twenty second day of May	Higgons, Thomas, Sir, 1624-1691.	1661 (1661)	Wing H1959; ESTC R30787	2,464	10

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