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	great_a	water_n	5,686	5	6.1984	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20832	The owle by Michaell Drayton ...	Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631.	1604 (1604)	STC 7213; ESTC S1539	20,271	58

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