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	great_a	place_n	4,941	5	4.6672	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75322	An account of the late dreadful earth-quake in the island of Mevis, St. Christophers, &c. which happen'd in the beginning of April, of this present year 1690. In a letter to a friend in London.		1690 (1690)	Wing A307B; ESTC R223382	1,956	3

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