Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	king_n	kingdom_n	parliament_n	13,713	5	6.7409	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60917	A journey to London in the year 1698 after the ingenuous method of that made by Dr. Martin Lyster to Paris in the same year, &c. / written originally in French by Monsieur Sorbiere and newly translated into English.	King, William, 1663-1712.; Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670. Relation d'un voyage en Angleterre.	1698 (1698)	Wing S4698; ESTC R10470	14,528	47

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