Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	earth_n	knee_n	name_n	5,093	5	6.1863	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56208	A short sober pacific examination of some exuberances in, and ceremonial appurtenances to the Common prayer especially of the use and frequent repetitions of Glory be to the Father, &c., standing up at it, at Gospels, creeds, and wearing white rochets, surplises, with other canonical vestments in the celebration of divine service and sacraments, whose originals, grounds of institution and prescription, are here truly related and modestly discussed ... / by William Prynne, Esq. ...	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; Stucki, Johann Wilhelm, d. 1607. Antiquitatum convivialum. Liber 2, cap. 26, De vestitu conviviali.	1661 (1661)	Wing P4081; ESTC R5455	105,415	150

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