Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	find_v	great_a	king_n	3,579	5	3.5272	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66520	An Answer to Mr. Fitz-Gerald's state of the case concerning the patent of making salt water fresh	Walcot, William.	1695 (1695)	Wing W285A; ESTC R7366	31,439	28

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