Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	daughter_n	king_n	philip_n	2,656	5	9.4500	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64324	Observations upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands by Sir William Temple ...	Temple, William, Sir, 1628-1699.	1673 (1673)	Wing T656; ESTC R19998	104,423	292

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