Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	good_a	let_v	put_v	6,409	5	5.1142	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31643	The cabinet open'd, or, The secret history of the amours of Madam de Maintenon, with the French king translated from the French copy.; Cassette ouverte. English	Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.	1690 (1690)	Wing C190; ESTC R216402	39,425	154

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