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	good_a	seed_n	3,918	5	8.1371	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19444	The anatomie of baseness. Or the foure quarters of a knaue flatterie, ingratitude, enuie, detraction.	Andrewes, John, fl. 1615.	1615 (1615)	STC 587; ESTC S100156	12,544	40

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