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	water_n	5,390	5	6.9521	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B25774	A voyage into tartary containing a curious description of that country, with part of Greece and Turky, the manners, opinions, and religion of the inhabitants therein, with some other incidents / by M. Heliogenes de L'Epy, doctor in philosophy.	L'Epy, Heliogenes de.	1689 (1689)	Wing L1117	55,048	221

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