Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	earth_n	fire_n	spirit_n	3,852	5	5.3207	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64747	Silex scintillans, or, Sacred poems and priuate eiaculations by Henry Vaughan ...	Vaughan, Henry, 1622-1695.	1650 (1650)	Wing V125; ESTC R148	39,558	109

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