Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	east_n	island_n	west_n	2,412	5	9.4652	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56527	The history of Venice ... written originally in Italian by Paulo Paruta ... ; likewise the wars of Cyprus, by the same authour, wherein the famous sieges of Nicossia, and Famagosta, and Battel of Lepanto are contained ; made English by Henry, Earl of Monmouth.; Historia vinetiana. English	Paruta, Paolo, 1540-1598.; Monmouth, Henry Carey, Earl of, 1596-1661.	1658 (1658)	Wing P636; ESTC R1841	873,872	808

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