Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	aaron_n	agree_v	government_n	20	3	6.3849	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56827	Institutions, essays, and maxims, political, moral, and divine divided into four centuries / by the Right Honoura[ble] L. Marqu. of H[alifax]; Enchiridion. 1698	Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.; Halifax, George Savile, Marquis of, 1633-1695.	1698 (1698)	Wing Q100; ESTC R41062	51,002	313

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