Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	government_n	king_n	people_n	3,798	5	4.6583	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38466	The Englishman's complaint If Kings were as wise and good as their office requires them to be, monarchy, certainly, would be the happiest form of government in the world; ...		1689 (1689)	Wing E3099A; ESTC R219551	5,534	2

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