Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	believe_v	true_a	truth_n	1,564	5	5.8086	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36081	A Discourse against profane swearing and cursing wherein I. Those vices are describ'd and reprov'd, II. Both magistrates and private persons are excited to their duty in order to the suppressing 'em by the execution of the late act of Parliament against 'em, III. And the objections commonly rais'd against the present practice of private informations are modestly consider'd.		1698 (1698)	Wing D1570; ESTC R32403	27,537	41

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