Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	egypt_n	lord_n	pharaoh_n	3,360	5	10.2672	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08654	The case of the Kerry quit-rent, 1681		1681 (1681)	Wing C1096A; ESTC R205941	12,106	17

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