Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	act_n	great_a	king_n	3,209	5	3.5341	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60859	Some seasonable queries, on the third head, viz. A general naturalization	Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.	1697 (1697)	Wing S4609A; ESTC P6451	6,293	4

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