Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	general_n	say_a	unite_a	1,420	5	10.7975	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85916	A discovery of certain notorious stumbling-blocks which the devill, the pope, and the malignants have raised to put nations at variance: together, with some zealous wishes, that such stumbling-blocks as prove prejudiciall unto the common-wealth of England might be removed. / By Sr. Balthazar Gerbier Kt.	Gerbier, Balthazar, Sir, 1592?-1667.	1652 (1652)	Wing G553; Thomason E656_8; ESTC R206602	3,389	8

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