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
A56627	Two essays sent in a letter from Oxford to a nobleman in London the first concerning some errors about the creation, general flood, and the peopling of the world : in two parts : the second concerning the rise, progress, and destruction of fables and romances, with the state of learning / by L.P., Master of Arts.	L. P., Master of Arts.	1695 (1695)	Wing P77; ESTC R857	17,432	56

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