Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	great_a	land_n	lord_n	2,551	5	3.2299	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78030	The sounding of the two last trumpets, the sixt and seventh or Meditations by way of paraphrase upon the 9th. 10th. and 11th. Chapters of the Revelation, as containing a prophecie of these last times. / Digested by Henry Burton during his banishment, and close imprisonment in the isle of Guernsey.	Burton, Henry, 1578-1648.	1641 (1641)	Wing B6172; Thomason E174_1; ESTC R6165	58,961	100

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thus_o crucify_v o_o england_n blush_v and_o be_v abash_v yea_o confound_v in_o thyself_o at_o these_o thing_n return_v at_o length_n to_o a_o sober_a mind_n repent_v and_o reform_v thyself_o lest_o thou_o perish_v with_o the_o beast_n and_o his_o kingdom_n who_o woeful_a ruin_n hasten_v on_o a_o pace_n as_o verse_n 14._o but_o now_o what_o become_v of_o these_o thus_o dead_a body_n sure_o they_o lie_v in_o the_o street_n of_o the_o great_a city_n unbury_v how_o long_o three_o day_n and_o a_o half_a how_o so_o the_o people_n kindred_n tongue_n and_o nation_n see_v they_o will_v not_o suffer_v they_o to_o be_v put_v in_o grave_n just_o so_o do_v the_o barbarous_a heathen_a with_o the_o martyr_n not_o permit_v their_o body_n to_o be_v bury_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o 1._o euseb_n eccl._n h_n ist_fw-mi l._n 5._o c._n 1._o eusebius_n report_v thus_o our_o antichristian_a heathen_a or_o gentile_n here_o so_o call_v verse_n 2._o as_o before_o now_o for_o dead_a body_n to_o lie_v 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