Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	body_n	element_n	fire_n	5,053	5	7.0553	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49177	Academical discourses upon several choice and pleasant subjects / written by the learned and famous Loredano ; Englished by J.B.	Loredano, Giovanni Francesco, 1607-1661.; L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.; J. B.	1664 (1664)	Wing L3064; ESTC R30956	41,882	130

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