Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	great_a	king_n	secretary_n	1,238	5	9.7864	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66552	A letter to a countrey-gentleman, setting forth the cause of the decay and ruin of trade to which is annexed a list of the names of some gentlemen who were members of the last Parliament, and now are (or lately were) in publick employments.	G. W.	1698 (1698)	Wing W29; ESTC R22872	10,036	26

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