Selected quad for the lemma: war_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
war_n	king_n	peace_n	time_n	10,016	5	3.6492	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47990	A letter from a gentleman at St. Germains, to his friend in London	Gentleman at St. Germains.	1697 (1697)	Wing L1381; ESTC R9508	4,478	12

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