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	time_n	water_n	2,905	5	6.1944	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00608	A sermon preached to the nobely-deseruing gentleman, Sir Thomas Warner And the rest of his companie: bound to the West-Indies. For their farevvell: At St. Buttolphs, Aldersgate, London. Septemb. 6. 1629. By Iohn Featly, Preacher of the Word of God.; Sermon preached to the nobely-deserving gentleman, Sir Thomas Warner.	Featley, John, 1605?-1666.	1629 (1629)	STC 10743; ESTC S115123	17,112	40

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