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	people_n	time_n	5,584	5	3.4728	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65414	An answer to the late K. James's last declaration, dated at St. Germains, April 17. s.n. 1693	Welwood, James, 1652-1727.; Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.	1693 (1693)	Wing W1302; ESTC R204539	18,776	44

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