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	part_n	world_n	3,925	5	4.3216	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08389	La stratonica, or, The unfortunate queen a new romance / written in Italian by Luke Assarino and now Englished by J.B.; Stratonica. English	Assarino, Luca, 1602-1672.; Burbury, John.; Cartolari, Giovanni Battista.	1651 (1651)	Wing A4016A; ESTC R218449	91,350	186

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