Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	city_n	mountain_n	river_n	1,763	5	6.9182	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48871	An abridgment of Mr. Locke's Essay concerning humane [sic] understanding; Essay concerning human understanding	Locke, John, 1632-1704.; Wynne, John, 1667-1743.	1696 (1696)	Wing L2735; ESTC R23044	115,066	330

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