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	time_n	year_n	19,963	5	5.0438	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88037	A letter to S C.M. a member of Parliament from an inhabitant of the island of Barbadoes.		1700 (1700)	Wing L1722A; ESTC R215666	4,882	8

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