Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	day_n	great_a	lord_n	1,690	5	3.6624	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92759	A treatise against drunkennesse described in its nature, kindes effects and causes, especially that of drinking of healths. To which are added, two short sermons of S. Augustine's, De tempore. Faithfully translated, by Matthew Scrivener.	Scrivener, Matthew.; Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. De tempore.; Scrivener, Matthew.	1685 (1685)	Wing S2119; ESTC R201394	52,860	223

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