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	water_n	33,259	5	7.3420	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53288	Poems, and translations by the author of the Satyrs upon the Jesuits.; Selections. 1683	Oldham, John, 1653-1683.	1683 (1683)	Wing O237; ESTC R15449	56,467	226

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