Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	henry_n	lord_n	secretary_n	1,155	5	10.6296	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54705	The present state of Tangier in a letter to His Grace the lord chancellor of Ireland and one of the lords justices there : to which is added the present state of Algiers.	Philips, George, 1599?-1696.; Philips, George, 1599?-1696. Present state of Algiers.	1676 (1676)	Wing P2027A; ESTC R26210	24,647	138

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