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	fire_n	heat_n	3,114	5	8.4045	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50792	The counterfeit bridegroom, or, The defeated widow a comedy, as it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke's Theatre.	Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627.; Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.; Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710.	1677 (1677)	Wing M1983; ESTC R19397	38,673	64

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