Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	air_n	cold_a	heat_n	2,615	5	8.3304	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41365	Of insects Johannes Goedaert ; done into English and methodized with the addition of notes ; the figures etched upon copper by Mr. Fr Place ...; Metamorphosis naturalis. English	Goedaert, Johannes, 1617-1668.; Place, Francis, 1647-1728.; Lister, Martin, 1638?-1712.	1682 (1682)	Wing G1003; ESTC R14347	76,691	161

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