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
A40750	Advice to a young lord written by his father ...	Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1657-1710.	1691 (1691)	Wing F255A; ESTC R13706	24,090	146

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