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
A31168	The prodigals pilgrimage a poem wherein is contained all the remarkable passages occurring from his birth to his return.	R. C.	1698 (1698)	Wing C112; ESTC R5668	11,223	34

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