Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	wine_n	wit_n	wrath_n	90	3	10.1365	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14982	A triple cure of a triple malady that is of [brace] vanity in apparell, excesse in drinking, impiety in swearing [brace] / by E.W., Doctor, and Professor of Diuinity.	Weston, Edward, 1566-1635.	1616 (1616)	STC 25290.7; ESTC S2967	115,158	324

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beastly_a excess_n deprive_v also_o the_o reasonable_o portion_n of_o wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n 24._o and_o concern_v the_o first_o damage_n very_o natural_a philosophy_n deem_v it_o a_o great_a bondage_n and_o calamity_n to_o be_v perturb_v with_o lust_n in_o so_o much_o as_o cicero_n offic_n cicero_n lib_n 1._o offic_n among_o other_o good_a quality_n and_o commodity_n of_o old_a age_n judge_v one_o and_o a_o great_a one_o to_o be_v that_o it_o be_v free_v from_o that_o bestiality_n see_v therefore_o that_o a_o christian_n know_v how_o through_o original_a sin_n his_o body_n be_v distemper_v and_o dispose_v of_o itself_o to_o unquiet_a the_o mind_n and_o incline_v reason_n to_o the_o imitation_n of_o brutish_a appetite_n his_o office_n be_v and_o his_o care_n shall_v be_v rather_o to_o diminish_v the_o force_n of_o this_o poison_n to_o quench_v the_o heat_n of_o this_o fire_n and_o rid_v himself_o from_o the_o importunity_n and_o trouble_n of_o so_o base_a and_o contemptible_a a_o 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