Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	altar_n	great_a	sing_v	2,011	5	12.2274	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01864	The historie of the great and mightie kingdome of China, and the situation thereof togither with the great riches, huge citties, politike gouernement, and rare inuentions in the same. Translated out of Spanish by R. Parke.; Historia de las cosas mas notables de la China. English	González de Mendoza, Juan, 1545-1618.; Parke, Robert, fl. 1588.; Loyola, Martín Ignacio de, d. 1606.	1588 (1588)	STC 12003; ESTC S103230	345,359	419

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