Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	country_n	england_n	great_a	1,515	5	2.7980	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56252	The history of popedom, containing the rise, progress, and decay thereof, &c. written in High Dutch by Samuel Puffendorff ; translated into English by J.C.	Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694.; Chamberlayne, John, 1666-1723.	1691 (1691)	Wing P4176; ESTC R5058	76,002	238

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reconciliation_n sect._n 2._o if_o we_o will_v ascend_v to_o the_o first_o cause_n of_o the_o thing_n we_o shall_v find_v that_o before_o our_o saviour_n birth_n the_o whole_a world_n except_v the_o jewish_a nation_n be_v benight_a in_o the_o dark_a ignorance_n of_o divine_a affair_n for_o what_o they_o do_v hold_v forth_o in_o general_n concern_v the_o nature_n of_o their_o god_n etc._n etc._n consist_v most_o in_o improbable_a and_o impudent_a fable_n it_o be_v true_a some_o of_o the_o most_o learned_a among_o the_o heathen_n can_v discourse_n more_o rational_o of_o the_o divinity_n and_o state_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o it_o be_v so_o dubious_a imperfect_a and_o ill-grounded_a a_o description_n they_o make_v thereof_o that_o they_o themselves_o scarce_o know_v what_o they_o mean_v the_o most_o of_o they_o be_v well_o enough_o convince_v that_o they_o be_v oblige_v to_o the_o exercise_n and_o practice_n of_o virtue_n but_o they_o know_v no_o far_a effect_n thereof_o than_o that_o 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