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	great_a	heaven_n	2,708	5	5.1266	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67079	The compleat bee-master; or, A discourse of bees shewing the best way of improving them, and discovering the fallacies that are imposed by some, for private lucre, on the credulous lovers and admirers of these insects. By J. Worlidge, gent.; Apiarum; or A discourse of bees	Worlidge, John, fl. 1660-1698.	1698 (1698)	Wing W3596A; ESTC R221250	13,938	46

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