Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	end_n	league_n	south_n	1,555	5	9.7325	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39220	Eliana a new romance / formed by an English hand.		1661 (1661)	Wing E499; ESTC R31411	400,303	298

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