Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	bring_v	fruit_n	good_a	9,065	5	4.7327	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47481	The cause & cure of offences in a discourse on Matth. 18:7 / by R. Kingston ...	Kingston, Richard, b. 1635?	1682 (1682)	Wing K610; ESTC R965	56,152	182

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