Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	day_n	lord_n	neighbour_n	3,034	5	10.2969	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80185	Collonel Grey's portmanteau opened; his sealed, mis-directed, and returned letter discovered by a copie thereof, found among his other papers. Which is here printed and published with some queries and animadversions thereupon. To deliver, from the dangers of their caballs, such as are not acquainted with Scottish methods and mysteries.	Colomiès, Paul, 1638-1692.	1650 (1650)	Wing C5408; Thomason E607_17; ESTC R205886	19,277	31

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