Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	city_n	heaven_n	new_a	6,003	5	7.3048	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00320	Bellum Erasmi· Translated into englyshe; Adagia. Chil. IV Cent. I. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.	1534 (1534)	STC 10449; ESTC S101675	33,471	81

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