Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	government_n	king_n	power_n	3,100	5	4.8465	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55478	The medal revers'd a satyre against persecution / by the author of Azaria and Hushai.	Pordage, Samuel, 1633-1691?	1682 (1682)	Wing P2973; ESTC R19437	8,413	34

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