Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	fine_a	glass_n	great_a	17	3	2.1454	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60499	The art of painting according to the theory and practise of the best Italian, French, and Germane masters Treating of the antiquity of painting. The reputation it always had. The characters of several masters. Proportion. Action and passion. The effects of light. Perspective. Draught. Colouring. Ordonnance. Far more compleat and compendious then hath yet been publisht by any, antient or modern. The second edition. By M.S. gent.	[Smith, Marshall, fl. 1693].	1693 (1693)	Wing S4129A; ESTC R219107	65,543	104

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