Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	bless_v	let_v	praise_v	2,871	5	10.4777	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43463	A sermon preach'd at the assizes held for the county of Surrey at Kingston upon Thames, March 30, 1699 by Henry Hesketh ...	Hesketh, Henry, 1637?-1710.	1699 (1699)	Wing H1621; ESTC R5317	15,803	32

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