Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	glory_n	great_a	heaven_n	11,595	5	5.4645	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05357	An epithrene: or Voice of vveeping bewailing the want of vveeping. A meditation.	Lesly, John.	1631 (1631)	STC 15510; ESTC S108512	86,967	339

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