Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	great_a	judgement_n	people_n	2,906	5	4.6565	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59626	Mixt essays upon tragedies, comedies, Italian comedies, English comedies, and opera's written originally in French, by the sieur de Saint Euvremont.; Essays. English	Saint-Evremond, 1613-1703.	1685 (1685)	Wing S307; ESTC R10206	18,178	36

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