Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	according_a	great_a	time_n	1,148	5	3.2274	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50106	The duty of submission to divine providence, in all its dispensations described and recommended from the example and argument of Job / by Samvel Masters.	Masters, Samuel, 1645 or 6-1693.	1689 (1689)	Wing M1070; ESTC R103	29,258	129

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