Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	great_a	king_n	title_n	1,392	5	6.9622	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61931	The substance of the petition of Henry Farmer, Ralph Sheldon, Thomas Stoner, John Weedon, Esqrs., and Winfird Brooke widow, papists, praying to be heard by their Council against the Bill, for the discovery of all lands and revenues given to Popish superstitious uses, and for applying the same to Greenwich Hospital		1690 (1690)	Wing S6109B; ESTC R684	1,607	1

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