Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	burn_v	great_a	time_n	3,594	5	3.3658	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69598	An address to the free-men and free-holders of the nation.; Address to the free-men and free-holders of the nation. Part 1	Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699.	1682 (1682)	Wing B3445; Wing B3460; Wing B3461; ESTC R23155	159,294	284

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