Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	island_n	lie_v	south_n	5,603	5	9.7081	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64321	Miscellanea. The second part in four essays / by Sir William Temple ...	Temple, William, Sir, 1628-1699.	1690 (1690)	Wing T653; ESTC R38801	129,830	346

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