Selected quad for the lemma: heaven_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heaven_n	earth_n	high_a	place_n	6,761	5	4.5017	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89261	A new geography with maps to each country, and tables of longitude & latitude.	Moore, Jonas, Sir, 1617-1679.	1681 (1681)	Wing M2578; ESTC R231849	65,080	134

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