Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	england_n	king_n	year_n	7,495	5	5.0764	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26453	Advice to freeholders, and others, concerning the choice of members to serve in Parliament and the qualifications that render a gentleman worthy or underserving so great a trust: with a list of non-associators.		1698 (1698)	Wing A647A; ESTC R215659	15,301	26

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