Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	account_v	future_a	great_a	15	3	2.1053	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37095	The English lovers, or, A girle worth gold both parts, so often acted with general applause, now newly formed into a romance / by the accurate pen of I.D., Gent.	Dauncey, John, fl. 1663.; Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641. Fair maid of the west.	1662 (1662)	Wing D289A; ESTC R9663	128,678	272

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