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	water_n	32,759	5	7.2266	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48292	Plain, and short rules for pointing periods, and reading sentences grammatically, with the great use of them by M. Lewis ...	Lewis, M. (Mark), fl. 1678.	1675 (1675)	Wing L1845; ESTC R12011	10,512	8

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