Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	darkness_n	light_n	shine_v	1,758	5	9.8256	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49812	A serious remembrancer to live well written primarily to children and young people, secondarily to parents, useful (I hope) for all : lastly, compendious remarks of the death of Jonah Lawson who finished his course upon earth the 23d day of the month called February, 1683, in the 14th year of his age / [by] Tho. Lawson.	Lawson, Thomas, 1630-1691.	1684 (1684)	Wing L727; ESTC R34960	10,152	32

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