Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	accident_n	break_v	great_a	24	3	2.1033	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75191	An account of prodigious storms of thunder, lightning, &c. near London-Derry in Ireland On Saturday June 26, 1680. As they were communicated to a friend in London by the following letters.		1680 (1680)	Wing A218; ESTC R226310	2,318	2

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