Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	enter_v	false_a	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
A26496	Æsop's fables with his life in English, French & Latin / the English by Tho. Philipott Esq. ; the French and Latin by Rob. Codrington M.A. ; illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures by Francis Barlow.; Aesop's fables. Polyglot.	Barlow, Francis, 1626?-1702.; Codrington, Robert, 1601-1665.; Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682.	1666 (1666)	Wing A696; ESTC R477463	192,155	324

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