Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	air_n	earth_n	element_n	2,483	5	9.5484	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33161	The five days debate at Cicero's house in Tusculum between master and sophister.; Tusculanae disputationes. English	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Wase, Christopher, 1625?-1690.	1683 (1683)	Wing C4307; ESTC R11236	182,432	382

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