Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	endeavour_v	hinder_v	see_v	18	3	2.1453	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28875	The life of the renowned Peter D'Aubusson, Grand Master of Rhodes containing those two remarkable sieges of Rhodes by Mahomet the Great and Solyman the Magnificent, being lately added to compleat the story adorn'd with the choicest occurences in the Turkish Empire at that time.; Histoire de Pierre d'Aubusson. English	Bouhours, Dominique, 1628-1702.	1679 (1679)	Wing B3827; Wing B3842D; ESTC R11209	170,026	520

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