Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	authority_n	foreign_a	power_n	1,394	5	5.3450	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33400	A collection of several poems and verses composed upon various occasions by Mr. William Cleland.	Cleland, William, 1661?-1689.	1697 (1697)	Wing C4627; ESTC R29226	55,441	156

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