Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	air_n	body_n	element_n	4,001	5	9.7677	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60464	England's improvement reviv'd digested into six books / by Captain John Smith.	Smith, John, fl. 1633-1673.	1670 (1670)	Wing S4092; ESTC R22597	189,167	284

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