Selected quad for the lemma: world_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	angel_n	day_n	heaven_n	2,412	5	5.2390	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29731	An apologie for lay-mens writing in divinity with a short meditation upon the fall of Lucifer / written by Sr. Richard Baker, Knight.	Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645.	1641 (1641)	Wing B500; ESTC R9490	28,497	268

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