Selected quad for the lemma: nation_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	law_n	power_n	supreme_a	2,659	5	9.1731	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42674	An impartial disquisition, how far conquest gives the conqueror a title	Ghest, Edmund.	1688 (1688)	Wing G634; ESTC R28401	11,429	9

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