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
A44443	The vanity of the vvorld by Ezekiel Hopkins.	Hopkins, Ezekiel, 1634-1690.	1668 (1668)	Wing H2741; ESTC R14252	37,261	152

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