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	great_a	part_n	1,561	5	3.9971	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25884	An Account of the purging and planting of the congregation of Dalkeith ... published for information and satisfaction of these who are willing and desirous to know the truth of the foresaid affair ... and particularly for the information of the members of the next General Assembly.		1691 (1691)	Wing A377; ESTC R18671	47,196	54

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