Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	day_n	light_n	rule_v	3,378	5	10.4702	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02473	Diuine meditations, and elegies. By Iohn Hagthorpe Gentleman	Hagthorpe, John.	1622 (1622)	STC 12602; ESTC S105949	44,249	126

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