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	nation_n	people_n	3,453	5	4.2492	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03999	A letter from one in the country, to a member of Parliament, intreating this session, may take to their consideration, the lamentable condition of the poor.		1700 (1700)	Wing L1495; ESTC R179550	5,512	4

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