Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	father_n	ghost_n	son_n	3,943	5	5.5085	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26923	An end of doctrinal controversies which have lately troubled the churches by reconciling explication without much disputing. Written by Richard Baxter.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1691 (1691)	Wing B1258AA; ESTC R2853	205,028	388

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