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
A87724	Innocui Sales. A collection of new epigrams Vol. I. With a præfatory essay on epigrammatic poetry.	Killigrew, Henry, 1613-1700.	1694 (1694)	Wing K443B; ESTC R226027	31,843	136

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