Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	good_a	great_a	time_n	3,744	5	3.2616	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32244	His Majesties gracious letter to the Convention of Estates in Scotland, the 13th of June 1678 and the speech of ... the Duke of Lauderdale ... to the Convention of Estates at Edenburgh, the 4th of July, 1678, with the dutiful letter sent to His Majesty from the Convention of Estates in Scotland, the 11th of July, 1678.	Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.; Lauderdale, John Maitland, Duke of, 1616-1682.; Scotland. Convention of Estates.	1678 (1678)	Wing C3029; ESTC R13032	5,740	11

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