Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	follow_v	great_a	king_n	2,748	5	3.4606	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58471	A Second complaint being an honest letter to a dovbtfvll friend : about the rifling of the twentieth part of his estate.	T. R. Honest letter to a doubtfull friend.; H. W., Sir.	1643 (1643)	Wing R90; ESTC R17879	4,117	8

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