Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	army_n	great_a	year_n	3,151	5	4.5044	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53430	The late prints for a standing army and in vindication of the militia consider'd, are in some parts reconcil'd.	Orme, Thomas, d. 1716.	1698 (1698)	Wing O435; ESTC R223777	18,508	24

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