Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	case_n	year_n	yield_v	22	3	6.5527	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91882	Libertas, or Reliefe to the English captives in Algier. Briefly discoursing hovv such as are in slavery may be soonest set at liberty, others preserved therein, and the great Turke reduc'd to renue and keepe the peace inviolate, to a greater enlargement of trade and priviledges than ever the English nation hitherto enjoy'd in Turkie. Presented to the serious consideration of the honourable Court of Parliament. / By Henry Robinson, gent.	Robinson, Henry, 1605?-1664?	1642 (1642)	Wing R1674; Thomason E173_3; ESTC R10827	7,158	15

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