Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	appearance_n	call_v	great_a	30	3	2.1469	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29369	Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons ... by that learned and judicious divine, Mr. William Bridge ...	Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.	1673 (1673)	Wing B4459; ESTC R18600	124,015	222

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