Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	king_n	law_n	people_n	7,366	5	5.0891	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45619	Political discourses tending to the introduction of a free and equal commonwealth in England / by James Harrington, Esq.	Harrington, James, 1611-1677.	1660 (1660)	Wing H818; ESTC R689	5,862	10

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