Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	wonder_n	wonderful_a	world_n	16	3	3.9199	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63428	A true and perfect description of the strange and wonderful she-elephant sent from the Indies, which arrived at London, August 1. 1683. With the true portraicture of that wonder in nature.		1683 (1683)	Wing T2527; ESTC R219802	3,065	1

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