Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	according_a	confess_v	great_a	78	3	2.1072	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44683	The living temple, or, A designed improvement of that notion that a good man is the temple of God by John Howe ...	Howe, John, 1630-1705.	1675 (1675)	Wing H3032; ESTC R4554	157,616	292

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