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
A85582	Great Britains glory, or, A brief description of the present state, splendor, and magnificence of the Royal Exchange with some remarkable passages relating to the present engagement : humbly presented to the several merchants of the City of London, who daily meet, traffique, and converse in the said place / by Theophilus Philalethes.	T. P. (Theophilus Philalethes)	1672 (1672)	Wing G1667; ESTC R212964	13,847	32

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