Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	frail_a	soul_n	spin_v	14	3	16.3439	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19907	The muses sacrifice	Davies, John, 1565?-1618.	1612 (1612)	STC 6338; ESTC S316	141,411	370

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