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
A85504	A true relation out of Ireland, of all the passages, and overthrowes given to the rebels, from the 1 of Iune untill the 10 of July, 1642. Sent in a letter from Captaine Iohn Gower, and ordered to be printed.	Gower, John, 17th cent.	1642 (1642)	Wing G1461; Thomason E107_8; ESTC R20272	4,042	8

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