Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	body_n	burn_v	consume_v	2,812	5	8.7259	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35309	The Cruel murtherer, or, The treacherous neighbour being a true and full relation of the horrid murther of Alice Stephens, and Martha her daughter : with the manner of burning their bodies, by firing the house wherein they were murthered, committed by Thomas Reignolds of Aldon, in the Parish of Stoksay in the county of Salop, the 23rd of January, 1672 [1673] : together with his tryal and execution.		1673 (1673)	Wing C7421; ESTC R9163	7,093	10

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