Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	nation_n	people_n	see_v	1,556	5	3.4909	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40423	A Petition from His Excellency Thomas Lord Fairfax and the General Councel of Officers of the Army, to the Honourable the Commons of England in Parliament assembled, concerning the draught of an agreement of the people, for a secure and present peace, by them framed and prepared together with the said agreement presented Saturday, Jan. 20, and a declaration of His Excellency and the said General Councel, concerning the same, tendred to the consideration of the people.	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.; England and Wales. Army. Council.	1649 (1649)	Wing F213; ESTC R6806	15,566	34

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