Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	burn_v	great_a	time_n	3,594	5	3.3658	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A24705	An Account of the apprehending and taking of John Davis and Phillip Wake for setting Dr. Sloan's house on fire, to robb the same, with their committed to Newgate as also the discovery of 4 persons who burnt the house of Squire Aisleby in Red-Lyon Square, and murther'd his lady.		1700 (1700)	Wing A231; ESTC R880	1,179	1

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