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
A39709	Epigrams of all sorts written by Richard Flecknoe.	Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?	1669 (1669)	Wing F1217; ESTC R23744	16,246	53

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