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	nature_n	water_n	7,170	5	6.4338	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10664	Mythomystes wherein a short suruay is taken of the nature and value of true poesy and depth of the ancients above our moderne poets. To which is annexed the tale of Narcissus briefly mythologized	Reynolds, Henry, fl. 1627-1632.; Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses.	1632 (1632)	STC 20939; ESTC S110647	35,783	124

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