Selected quad for the lemma: knowledge_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
knowledge_n	day_n	night_n	utter_v	1,344	5	10.6230	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31085	Sermons preached upon several occasions by Isaac Barrow ...	Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677.; Loggan, David, 1635-1700?	1679 (1679)	Wing B958; ESTC R36644	220,889	535

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