Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	die_v	great_a	king_n	2,822	5	3.5227	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25373	Remarks upon the present confederacy, and late revolution in England, &c.	Anderton, William, d. 1693.	1693 (1693)	Wing A3112; ESTC R448	47,190	48

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