Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	duke_n	king_n	savoy_n	1,314	5	11.4006	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69794	An accurate description of the United Netherlands, and of the most considerable parts of Germany, Sweden, & Denmark containing a succinct account of what is most remarkable in these countries, and necessary instructions for travellers : together with an exact relation of the entertainment of His Most Sacred Majesty King William at the Hague / written by an English gentleman.	English gentleman.; Carr, William, 17th cent.	1691 (1691)	Wing C631; Wing E3688; ESTC R20438	82,243	192

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be_v oblige_v to_o go_v home_o to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o their_o affair_n have_v their_o audience_n of_o congé_fw-fr of_o his_o majesty_n and_o afterward_o the_o pensionary_a secretary_n and_o deputy_n of_o the_o state_n of_o zealand_n have_v their_o audience_n and_o complemented_a the_o king_n the_o count_n of_o erbagh_n come_v from_o prince_n waldeck_n and_o several_a foreign_a minister_n from_o the_o emperor_n the_o king_n of_o spain_n the_o duke_n of_o savoy_n have_v their_o audience_n the_o 12_o in_o the_o evening_n count_n winditsgratz_n ambassador_n extraordinary_a from_o his_o imperial_a majesty_n arrive_v and_o have_v his_o audience_n at_o ten_o a_o clock_n the_o 14_o at_o noon_n the_o king_n go_v into_o the_o council_n of_o the_o state_n and_o after_o some_o affair_n be_v dispatch_v he_o go_v with_o the_o lord_n commissioner_n into_o the_o assembly_n of_o their_o high_a and_o mightyness_n where_o the_o state_n of_o the_o war_n for_o the_o year_n 1691._o be_v present_v 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