Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	france_n	king_n	scot_n	2,110	5	9.5905	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37422	A brief reply to the History of standing armies in England with some account of the authors.	Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.	1698 (1698)	Wing D829; ESTC R9669	14,515	32

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