Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	court_n	famous_a	great_a	98	3	2.1026	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46231	A description of the nature of four-footed beasts with their figures en[graven in brass] / written in Latin by Dr. John Johnston ; translated into English by J.P.; Historiae naturalis de quadrupetibus. English	Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675.; J. P.	1678 (1678)	Wing J1015A; ESTC R8441	269,099	196

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