Selected quad for the lemma: water_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
water_n	wisdom_n	wise_a	world_n	133	3	4.3375	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B18025	The councils of wisdom: or, A collection of the maxims of Solomon. Most necessary for a man wisely to behave himself. : with reflections on those maxims. / Rendred into English by T.D..; Conseils de la sagesse. English. 1683	Boutauld, Michel, 1604-1689.; Fouquet, Nicolas, 1615-1680.	1683 (1683)	Wing B3860B; ESTC R30809	78,936	219

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