Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	john_n	principal_a	secretary_n	1,084	5	10.2787	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01927	The case of the right honourable William Harbourd, Esq; and Sir Francis Guybon, knight, chosen members for thr burrough of Thetford, to serve in this present Parliament.	Harbourd, William, Esq.; Guybon, Francis, 1673-1751.	1690 (1690)	Wing C1158; ESTC R227931	1,204	1

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