Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	witness_n	world_n	wrath_n	27	3	7.5003	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29858	Certain miscellany tracts written by Thomas Brown.	Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682.	1683 (1683)	Wing B5151; ESTC R25304	83,412	232

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