Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	great_a	king_n	kingdom_n	6,459	5	5.6804	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95953	A vindication of the army under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax, with an answer to several objections made against them, &c.	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.	1647 (1647)	Wing V500; Thomason 669.f.11[44]; ESTC R210556	4,355	1

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