Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	cold_a	hot_a	moist_a	3,369	5	10.4975	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85928	The second lecture being an introduction to cosmographie: read publiquely at Sr. Balthazar Gerbiers academy. On Bednall Greene.	Gerbier, Balthazar, Sir, 1592?-1667.	1649 (1649)	Wing G569; Thomason E584_5; ESTC R202283	9,905	22

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