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	heaven_n	4,737	5	5.5411	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20644	Iuuenilia or Certaine paradoxes and problemes, written by I. Donne	Donne, John, 1572-1631.	1633 (1633)	STC 7044; ESTC S109982	16,536	47

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