Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	fall_v	fire_n	let_v	2,606	5	6.5943	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25788	Instructions to a son by Archibald, late Marquis of Argyle ; written in the time of his confinement.	Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Marquis of, 1598-1661.	1661 (1661)	Wing A3657; ESTC R28303	37,986	188

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