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	element_n	nature_n	2,700	5	5.5446	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03495	A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, March the 24. 1624. By Barten Holyday, now archdeacon of Oxford	Holyday, Barten, 1593-1661.	1626 (1626)	STC 13616; ESTC S104171	18,049	67

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