Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	fire_n	nature_n	water_n	5,977	5	6.4744	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06858	Politicall observations upon the fall of Seianus. Written in Italian by Gio. Baptista Manzini. And translated into English by Sr. T.H.; Della peripetia di fortuna. English	Manzini, Giovanni Battista, 1599-1664.; T. H., Sir (Thomas Hawkins), d. 1640.	1634 (1634)	STC 17293; ESTC S120752	18,559	54

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