Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	great_a	river_n	time_n	3,870	5	3.5818	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82025	A letter from Moscow to the Marquess of Carmarthen relating to the Czar of Muscovy's forwardness in his great Navy, &c. since his return home. Publish'd by His Lordship's permission.	Deane, John, shipbuilder.	1699 (1699)	Wing D498B; ESTC R226381	2,926	2

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