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	place_n	time_n	1,958	5	3.4122	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73862	Moyses in a map of his miracles. By Michael Drayton Esquire	Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631.	1604 (1604)	STC 7209; ESTC S234	35,694	106

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