Selected quad for the lemma: world_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
world_n	deny_v	live_v	ungodliness_n	2,303	5	11.2667	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52426	Practical discourses upon several divine subjects written by John Norris.	Norris, John, 1657-1711.	1691 (1691)	Wing N1257; ESTC R26881	131,759	372

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