Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	file_n	front_n	left_a	2,096	5	10.6385	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48269	The famous romance of Tarsis and Zelie. Digested into ten books. / VVritten originally in French, by the acute pen of a person of honour. ; Done into English by Charles Williams, Gent.; Tarsis et Zelie. English. 1685	Le Vayer de Boutigny, M. (Roland), 1627-1685.; Williams, Charles, 17th cent.	1685 (1685)	Wing L1797; ESTC R25799	390,801	342

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