Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	little_a	sea_n	see_v	1,312	5	3.4874	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18949	The rape of Proserpine. Translated out of Claudian in Latine, into English verse: by Leonard Digges, Gent; De raptu Proserpinae. English	Claudianus, Claudius.; Digges, Leonard, 1588-1635.	1617 (1617)	STC 5367; ESTC S108051	32,436	78

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