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	prince_n	10,054	5	5.4599	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93863	To Sir Richard Cocks.	Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.; Cocks, Richard, Sir, ca. 1658-1726.	1699 (1699)	Wing S5444C; ESTC R184629	2,809	3

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