Selected quad for the lemma: house_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
house_n	better_a	fortune_n	great_a	83	3	2.1111	3	false
house_n	better_a	fortune_n	great_a	83	3	2.1111	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14604	The appollogie of the illustrious Prince Ernestus, Earle of Mansfield, &c. Wherein from his first entertainment, are layd open the occasions of his warres in Bohemia, Austria, and the Palatinate, with his faithfull seruice to the King of Bohemia. Translated out of the originall French coppie.; Apologie pour le tres-illustre seigneur, Ernéste conte de Mansfeld. English	S. W., fl. 1622.	1622 (1622)	STC 24915; ESTC S119323	47,601	78

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