Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	moon_n	star_n	sun_n	8,272	5	6.7028	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93392	The exhortation of Mr. Rogers to his children, which he wrote a few days before his burning; being martyred in Queen Mary's days Being gody admonitions, fit for a Christian to follow.	Smith, Robert, d. 1555.	1681 (1681)	Wing S4161C; ESTC R230299	4,482	20

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