Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	world_n	write_v	year_n	249	4	4.2508	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38569	Seven new colloquies translated out of Erasmus Roterodamus as also The life of Erasmus / by Mr. Brown.; Colloquia. Selections. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.	1699 (1699)	Wing E3209; ESTC R20336	72,450	140

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