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	nature_n	soul_n	2,472	5	5.3436	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17343	The first part of youths errors. Written by Thomas Bushel, the superlatiue prodigall	Bushell, Thomas, 1594-1674.	1628 (1628)	STC 4187; ESTC S114222	35,791	180

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