Selected quad for the lemma: day_n

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day_n	know_v	month_n	year_n	8,462	5	5.4133	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65398	The poets complaint a poem : to which is added The character of poetry, written in prose.	T. W.	1682 (1682)	Wing W127A; ESTC R33757	8,810	25

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