Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	say_a	value_n	yearly_a	2,391	5	10.4409	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03726	To His Grace, His Majesties High Commissioner, and the Right Honourable the Estates of Parliament. The petition of Alexander Hunter of Muirhouse.	Hunter, Alexander, of Muirhouse, fl. 1695.	1695 (1695)	Wing H3764E; ESTC R178318	1,424	2

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