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	people_n	7,838	5	4.6343	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47319	Sir Walter Raleigh's observations, touching trade & commerce with the Hollander, and other nations, as it was presented to K. James wherein is proved, that our sea and land commodities serve to inrich and strengthen other countries against our owne ...; Observations, touching trade & commerce with the Hollander, and other nations	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Vaughan, Robert.; James I, King of England, 1566-1625.	1653 (1653)	Wing K391; ESTC R9825	21,246	92

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