Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	behold_v	heaven_n	see_v	6,008	5	3.7262	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64073	A sermon preach'd before the Queen, at White-Hall March xxiii, 1693/4 / by John Tyler ...	Tyler, John, d. 1724.	1694 (1694)	Wing T3560; ESTC R20921	8,947	26

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