Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	duke_n	king_n	lancaster_n	6,663	5	11.7227	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52764	A Letter from Oxford concerning Mr. Samuel Johnson's late book	N. N.	1693 (1693)	Wing N40; ESTC R4251	12,066	31

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