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
A42546	The eye and wheel of providence, or, A treatise proving that there is a divine providence ... by W. Gearing ...	Gearing, William.	1662 (1662)	Wing G435; ESTC R7567	152,154	376

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