Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	hear_v	heaven_n	lord_n	12,669	5	4.3335	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56893	The visions of dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, knight of the Order of St. James made English by R.L.; Sueños. English. 1667	Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645.; L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1667 (1667)	Wing Q196; ESTC R24071	131,843	354

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