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	king_n	kingdom_n	3,299	5	5.7439	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25778	The Argument against a standing army rectified, and the reflections and remarks upon it in several pamphlets, consider'd in a letter to a friend.		1697 (1697)	Wing A3632; ESTC R206	13,676	34

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