Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	bad_a	good_a	heart_n	1,600	5	6.6614	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84331	An Elegie on the miraculously learned, and much lamented Bishop of Armagh. Licensed and entred according to Order.		1656 (1656)	Wing E423; Thomason E875_2; ESTC R206565	3,262	8

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