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	time_n	1,489	5	3.3834	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04588	A nevv booke of new conceits with a number of nouelties annexed threreunto. Whereof some be profitable, some necessary, some strange, none hurtful, and all delectable. By Thomas Iohnson.	Johnson, Thomas, d. 1644.	1630 (1630)	STC 14708.5; ESTC S107400	8,221	26

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