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
A42948	The man in the moone, or, A discourse of a voyage thither by F.G., B. of H. ; to which is added Nuncius inanimatus, written in Latin by the same author, and now Englished by a person of worth.	Godwin, Francis, 1562-1633.	1657 (1657)	Wing G970; ESTC R35701	46,142	175

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