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
B02594	The case of Mary dutchess of Norfolk	Norfolk, Mary Howard, Duchess of, 1659?-1705	1700 (1700)	Wing C949; ESTC R225486	5,844	4

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