Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	estate_n	hereditament_n	tenement_n	1,902	5	10.2775	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55328	A vindication of some assertions relating to coin and trade from the reflections made by the author of the essay on ways and means, in his book, intituled, Discourses on the publick revenues, and on the trade of England,&c. part. II.	Davenant, Charles, 1656-1714.; Pollexfen, John, b. ca. 1638, attributed name.	1699 (1699)	Wing P2780A; ESTC R218299	74,792	187

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