Selected quad for the lemma: kingdom_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
kingdom_n	king_n	people_n	subject_a	1,872	5	7.6486	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69796	An historical and geographical account of the Morea, Negropont, and the maritime places, as far as Thessalonica illustrated with 42 maps of the countries, plains, and draughts of the cities, towns and fortifications / written in Italian by P.M. Coronelli .... ; Englished by R. W., Gent.; Memorie istoriografiche del regno di Morea e Negroponte. English	Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718.; R. W., Gent.	1687 (1687)	Wing C6342; ESTC R21598	73,597	239

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of_o rivers_n for_o after_o have_v several_a time_n ingulf_v itself_o in_o narrow_a passage_n under_o the_o rock_n it_o break_v out_o at_o last_o and_o slide_v with_o a_o serene_a majesty_n within_o its_o own_o bank_n the_o river_n eurotas_n be_v also_o in_o great_a reputation_n at_o this_o day_n call_v vassali_fw-la potamos_n niger_n name_v it_o iris_n plutarch_n hemerus_fw-la and_o martathon_n it_o pass_v through_o the_o middle_n of_o misitra_n and_o fall_v into_o the_o gulf_n of_o colchina_fw-la it_o have_v its_o source_n from_o the_o same_o place_n as_o the_o river_n carbon_n the_o name_n of_o eurotas_n so_o celebrate_v by_o the_o ancient_n be_v give_v to_o it_o from_o eurotas_n the_o three_o king_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n either_o as_o pausanias_n report_n for_o that_o this_o prince_n make_v a_o new_a bank_n to_o this_o river_n to_o keep_v in_o its_o water_n that_o sometime_o use_v to_o overflow_v the_o country_n to_o their_o great_a damage_n or_o as_o plutarch_n say_v 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