Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	able_a	enforce_v	great_a	17	3	2.1454	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58626	Avona, or, A transient view of the benefit of making rivers of this kingdom navigable occasioned by observing the scituation of the city of Salisbury upon the Avon, and the consequence of opening that river to that city : communicated by letter to a friend at London / by R.S.	R. S.	1675 (1675)	Wing S125; ESTC R22444	11,862	38

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