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	earth_n	element_n	11,896	5	9.9757	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01645	Gerards meditations written originally in the Latine tongue by Iohn Gerard Doctour in Divinitie, and superintendant of Heidelberg. Translated and revised by Ralph Winterton fellow of Kings Colledge in Cambridge.; Meditationes sacrae. English	Gerhard, Johann, 1582-1637.; Winterton, Ralph, 1600-1636.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver.; Gerhard, Johann, 1582-1637. Exercitium pietatis quotidianum quadripartitum. English. aut	1638 (1638)	STC 11778; ESTC S103073	189,715	520

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