Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	world_n	worse_a	year_n	30	3	4.7924	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58332	Directions left by a gentleman to his sonns for the improvement of barren and healthy land in England and Wales.	Reeve, Gabriel.	1670 (1670)	Wing R671; ESTC R33979	17,983	96

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