Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	earth_n	great_a	world_n	2,396	4	4.4621	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37157	A discourse upon coins by Signor Bernardo Davanzati, a gentleman of Florence, being publickly spoken in the academy there, anno 1588 ; translated out of Italian by John Toland.; Lezione delle monete. English	Davanzati, Bernardo, 1529-1606.; Toland, John, 1670-1722.	1696 (1696)	Wing D301; ESTC R10162	15,606	30

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