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	people_n	whole_a	3,467	5	4.5873	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47367	A sermon preach'd before the king the first Sunday of Advent, 1666 by Henry Killigrew ...	Killigrew, Henry, 1613-1700.	1666 (1666)	Wing K446; ESTC R32441	14,736	38

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