Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	dry_a	earth_n	fire_n	4,059	5	7.5085	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01852	Sermons on St Peter. By Robert Gomersall Bachelar in Divinitie	Gomersall, Robert, 1602-1646?	1634 (1634)	STC 11994; ESTC S103324	78,780	162

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