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	lord_n	set_v	2,873	5	5.7727	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87139	Valerius and Publicola: or, The true form of a popular commonwealth extracted e puris naturalibus. By James Harrington.	Harrington, James, 1611-1677.	1659 (1659)	Wing H824; Thomason E1005_13; ESTC R202585	21,762	40

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