Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	heaven_n	spirit_n	world_n	5,738	5	4.3767	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07491	The blacke booke	Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627.	1604 (1604)	STC 17875.5; STC 17875_VARIANT; ESTC S121890	18,086	46

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