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	province_n	unite_a	1,718	5	9.9410	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29579	A Speech made by the Right Honorable Iohn, Earl of Bristoll, in the high court of Parliament, May 20. 1642 concerning an accommodation : whereunto is added, the copy of a letter sent from the Right Honourable, the Lord Paget, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Buckingham, to the Right Honourable the Earl of Holland, shewing the great readinesse of that county, to obey the ordinance of the Parliament touching the militia.	Bristol, John Digby, Earl of, 1580-1654.; Paget, William Paget, Baron, 1609-1678.; Holland, Henry Rich, Earl of, 1590-1649.	1642 (1642)	Wing B4796; ESTC R1282	6,551	8

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