Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	dear_a	draw_v	good_a	27	3	2.1048	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26896	The Christians converse with God, or, The insufficiency and uncertainty of human friendship and the improvement of solitude in converse with God with some of the author's breathings after him / by Richard Baxter ...	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. Divine life.	1693 (1693)	Wing B1222; ESTC R14884	71,442	184

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