Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	good_a	see_v	word_n	1,813	5	4.0812	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69555	The wandring beauty a novel / by Mrs. A. Behn.	Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.	1698 (1698)	Wing B1773B; ESTC R23165	15,667	36

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