Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	write_v	young_a	youth_n	21	3	7.6956	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02121	Greenes vision vvritten at the instant of his death. Conteyning a penitent passion for the folly of his pen.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.	1592 (1592)	STC 12261; ESTC S105824	38,847	64

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