Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	king_n	province_n	unite_a	2,579	5	10.4909	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26258	A memorial of His Excellency the Count D'Avaux, Ambassador Extraordinary from His Most Christian Majesty Presented to the States General of the United Provinces on the 29th of April, 1684.; Mémoire presenté aux Estats Generaux des Provinces-Unies le 29 avril, 1684. English.	Avaux, comte d' (Jean-Antoine de Mesmes), 1640-1709.; France. Sovereign (1643-1715 : Louis XIV); United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal.	1684 (1684)	Wing A4270; ESTC R206027	2,687	2

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