Selected quad for the lemma: house_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
house_n	contrary_a	king_n	white_a	190,566	5	12.3118	5	true
house_n	contrary_a	king_n	white_a	190,566	5	12.3118	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93939	The siege of Antwerp. Written in Latin by Famianus Strada, Englished by Tho: Lancaster, Gent.	Strada, Famiano, 1572-1649.; Lancaster, Thomas, gent.	1656 (1656)	Wing S5781; Thomason E1612_2; ESTC R208442	87,922	211

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