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	parliament_n	time_n	2,581	5	3.7196	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65922	An account of the proceedings in the House of Commons in relation to the recoining the clipp'd money, and falling the price of guineas together with a particular list of the names of the members consenting and dissenting : in answer to a letter out of the countrey.	Wagstaffe, Thomas, 1645-1712.	1696 (1696)	Wing W201; ESTC R7420	10,441	29

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