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
A78535	Papers relating to a bank of credit upon land security proposed to the Parliament of Scotland / by Dr. Hugh Chamberlen.	Chamberlen, Hugh, fl. 1720.; Scotland. Parliament.	1693 (1693)	Wing C1877; ESTC R42802	15,785	18

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