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	dry_a	fire_n	2,777	5	7.4838	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36821	A sermon preached before the King, in Christ-Church, Dublin, on Ash-Wednesday 1689 by Fr. Edmond Dulany ...	Dulany, Edmond.	1689 (1689)	Wing D2517; ESTC R17101	15,952	24

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