Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	air_n	deep_a	great_a	107	3	2.1443	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47363	Poems by Mrs. Anne Killigrew.	Killigrew, Anne, 1660-1685.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700. To the pious memory of the accomplisht young lady Mrs. Anne Killigrew.	1686 (1686)	Wing K442; ESTC R6393	30,848	122

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