Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	case_n	church_n	rome_n	3,159	5	7.4441	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41813	A letter to a friend in answer to a letter written against Mr. Lowth, in defence of Dr. Stillingfleet	Grascome, Samuel, 1641-1708?	1688 (1688)	Wing G1573; ESTC R19845	27,414	34

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