Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	find_v	good_a	see_v	1,488	5	3.0451	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03755	H. His deuises, for his owne exercise, and his friends pleasure	Howell, Thomas, fl. 1568-1581.	1581 (1581)	STC 13875; ESTC S113292	47,409	104

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