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
A63882	A sermon preached before the King on Easter-Day, 1684 by Francis Lord Bishop of Rochester ...	Turner, Francis, 1638?-1700.	1684 (1684)	Wing T3283; ESTC R38918	14,934	35

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