Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	great_a	pass_v	time_n	1,706	5	3.1051	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64970	The right notion of honour as it was delivered in a sermon before the King at Newmarket, Octob. 4, 1674. Published by His Majesties special command. : With annotations, the contents whereof are in the following leaf / by Nath. Vincent, D.D. Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty, and Fellow of Clare-Hall in Cambridge.	Vincent, Nathanael, 1639?-1697.	1685 (1685)	Wing V419; ESTC R3122	34,127	86

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