Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	fall_v	year_n	youth_n	26	3	7.2224	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46665	Mr. James Janeway's legacy to his friends containing twenty seven famous instances of Gods providences in and about sea dangers and deliverances, with the names of several that were eye witnesses to many of them : whereunto is added a sermon on the same subject.	Janeway, James, 1636?-1674.; Ryther, John, 1634?-1681. Sea-dangers and deliverances improved.	1674 (1674)	Wing J473; ESTC R16537	59,234	142

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