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	part_n	water_n	7,596	5	6.5616	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46979	An essay concerning a vacuum Wherein is endeavoured to be demonstrated, that a vacuum interspersum runs through the world, and is more or less in all bodies. By a lover of the corpuscular philosophy.	Jackson, Joseph, fl. 1695-	1697 (1697)	Wing J85A; ESTC R219986	17,337	61

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