Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	father_n	house_n	mansion_n	1,843	5	11.4237	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42902	A sermon of the transfiguration of our Lord preach'd before the Queen-Dowager, in her chappel at Somerset-House, on the second Sunday in Lent, 1687/8 / by Thomas Godden.	Godden, Thomas, 1624-1688.	1688 (1688)	Wing G922; ESTC R21790	13,937	33

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