Selected quad for the lemma: day_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
day_n	great_a	king_n	see_v	12,776	5	3.6334	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43171	O-Brazile, or, The inchanted island being a perfect relation of the late discovery and wonderful dis-inchantment of an island on the north of Ireland : with an account of the riches and commodities thereof : communicated by a letter from London-derry to a friend in London.	Head, Richard, 1637?-1686?	1675 (1675)	Wing H1269; ESTC R13897	5,101	12

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