Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	chapter_n	year_n	young_a	13	3	6.4983	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29031	Some considerations touching the vsefulnesse of experimental naturall philosophy propos'd in familiar discourses to a friend, by way of invitation to the study of it.	Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.; Sharrock, Robert, 1630-1684.	1663 (1663)	Wing B4029; ESTC R19249	365,255	580

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