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	part_n	3,803	5	4.9720	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08014	The terrors of the night or, A discourse of apparitions. Tho: Nashe	Nash, Thomas, 1567-1601.	1594 (1594)	STC 18379; ESTC S110111	29,458	60

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