Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	great_a	see_v	stand_v	1,629	5	5.1656	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42201	Hugo Grotius Against paganism, Judaism, Mahumetism translated by C.B.; De veritate religionis Christianae. English. Selections. 1676	Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.; Barksdale, Clement, 1609-1687.	1676 (1676)	Wing G2082; ESTC R33798	40,194	106

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