Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	brother_n	year_n	young_a	42	3	6.2807	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08121	The palme of Christian fortitude. Or The glorious combats of Christians in Iaponia. Taken out of letters of the Society of Iesus from thence. Anno 1624; Lettera annua del Giappone dell' anno 1624. English. Selections	Rodrigues, João, 1558-1633.; Neville, Edmund, 1605-1647.	1630 (1630)	STC 18482; ESTC S113224	81,772	200

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