Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	body_n	king_n	time_n	1,806	5	3.4333	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62449	The compleat courtier: or, The morals of the famous historian Cornelius Tacitus concerning flattery, &c. In above one hundred essays. Paraphras'd and illustrated with useful observations by the Sieur Amelo de la Houssaie and M. D'Ablancourt. Done out of French.	Tacitus, Cornelius.; Amelot de La Houssiae, Abraham-Nicolas, Sieur, 1634-1706.; Ablancourt, sieur d', 1621-1696.	1700 (1700)	Wing T104; ESTC R222223	76,440	233

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