Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	church_n	people_n	world_n	4,021	5	4.7325	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42480	A discourse of artificial beauty, in point of conscience between two ladies with some satyrical censures on the vulgar errors of these times.	Gauden, John, 1605-1662.; Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.	1662 (1662)	Wing G353; ESTC R8975	93,452	274

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