Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	considerable_a	get_v	great_a	31	3	2.1444	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39245	A modest vindication of Titus Oates, the Salamanca-doctor from perjury, or, An essay to demonstrate him only forsworn in several instances by Adam Elliot ...	Elliot, Adam, d. 1700.	1682 (1682)	Wing E543; ESTC R20237	56,671	58

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