Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	country_n	great_a	peace_n	2,639	5	5.4551	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80112	A Collection of poems on affairs of state; viz. ... / by A- M-l, Esq.; and other eminent wits. ; Most whereof never before printed.	Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.; Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.	1689 (1689)	Wing C5176A; ESTC R202112	18,960	36

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