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
A63962	The foreigners. Part I a poem.	Tutchin, John, 1661?-1707.	1700 (1700)	Wing T3375; ESTC R29567	4,941	13

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