Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	fruit_n	good_a	heart_n	4,715	5	6.3466	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95596	Common-good: or, The improvement of commons, forrests, and chases, by inclosure. Wherein the advantage of the poor, the common plenty of all, and the increase and preservation of timber, with other things of common concernment, are considered. / By S.T.	S. T. (Silvanus Taylor)	1652 (1652)	Wing T552; Thomason E663_6; ESTC R203768	31,192	59

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