Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	pound_n	value_n	yearly_a	1,858	5	10.5680	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61365	The Roman horseleech, or An impartial account of the intolerable charge of popery to this nation ... to which is annexed an essay of the supremacy of the King of England.	Stanley, William, 1647-1731.; Staveley, Thomas, 1626-1684.	1674 (1674)	Wing S5346; ESTC R12101	149,512	318

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