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
A85541	GratI Falisci Cynegeticon. Or, A poem of hunting by Gratius the Faliscian. Englished and illustrated by Christopher Wase Gent.; Cynegeticon. English and Latin	Grattius, Faliscus.; Wase, Christopher, 1625?-1690.	1654 (1654)	Wing G1581; Thomason E1531_3; ESTC R1966	59,252	180

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own_o wit_n so_o as_o it_o be_v never_o to_o be_v forget_v and_o although_o they_o know_v the_o assyrian_a monarchy_n to_o have_v sink_v under_o sardanapalus_n the_o opulency_n and_o softness_n of_o the_o chaldean_a and_o persian_a yet_o they_o insist_v on_o the_o same_o step_v of_o ruin_n we_o know_v how_o famous_a the_o corinthian_n be_v for_o luxury_n there_o be_v grecians_z who_o profess_a precept_n of_o cookery_n such_o be_v mithaecus_n a_o culinary_a philosopher_n who_o give_v formal_a doctrine_n of_o sauce_n and_o confection_n which_o action_n argue_v their_o low_a and_o degenerate_a spirit_n hebrus_n marizza_n a_o great_a river_n of_o thrace_n rise_v out_o of_o the_o mountain_n hamus_fw-la issue_v into_o the_o aegeaen_n sea_n between_o the_o city_n of_o maronia_n &_o aenos_n have_v wash_v the_o city_n of_o filippopoli_fw-it and_o andrinople_n &_o trajanopoli_fw-it hyrcanus_n it_o be_v of_o a_o country_n in_o asia_n lie_v upon_o the_o sea_n between_o media_n on_o the_o west_n 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