Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	write_v	writing_n	year_n	51	3	4.4678	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42234	The illustrious Hugo Grotius Of the law of warre and peace with annotations, III parts, and memorials of the author's life and death.; De jure belli et pacis. English	Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.; Barksdale, Clement, 1609-1687.	1655 (1655)	Wing G2120; ESTC R16252	497,189	832

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