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
A62935	An Account of Monsieur de la Salle's last expedition and discoveries in North America presented to the French king, and published by the Chevalier Tonti, Governour of Fort St. Louis, in the province of Illinois ; made English from the Paris original ; also the adventures of the Sieur de Montauban, captain of the French buccaneers on the coast of Guinea, in the year 1695.; Dernieres decouvertes dan l'Amerique septentrionale de M. de La Sale. English.	Tonti, Henri de, d. 1704.; Montauban, Sieur de, ca. 1650-1700. Relation du voyage du Sieur de Montauban, capitaine des flibustiers, en Guinée en l'année 1695. English.	1698 (1698)	Wing T1890; ESTC R10138	104,515	260

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