Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	line_n	page_n	read_v	1,033	5	9.4621	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44544	A sermon occasioned by the death of the Right Honourable the Lady Guilford by Philip Horneck ...	Horneck, Philip, 1673 or 4-1728.	1699 (1699)	Wing H2854; ESTC R8311	12,434	36

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