Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	wit_n	wonder_n	year_n	15	3	5.0609	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44319	Lampas, or, Descriptions of some mechanical improvements of lamps & waterpoises together with some other physical and mechanical discoveries / made by Robert Hooke ...	Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703.	1677 (1677)	Wing H2616; ESTC R4456	38,929	57

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