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	see_v	6,032	5	3.5861	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38812	Tyrannus, or, The mode in a discourse of sumptuary lawes.	Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.	1661 (1661)	Wing E3519; ESTC R9017	8,572	33

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