Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	king_n	law_n	power_n	7,575	5	5.4187	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25517	An Answer to a late pamphlet, entituled, A character of a Popish successor, and what England may expect from such a one		1681 (1681)	Wing A3307; ESTC R19980	23,175	18

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