Selected quad for the lemma: end_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
end_n	land_n	lie_v	south_n	2,386	5	10.0760	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25418	An Account of the late terrible earthquake in Sicily with most of its particulars / done from the Italian copy printed at Rome.		1693 (1693)	Wing A316; ESTC R1120	14,513	36

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