Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	animal_n	climate_n	zone_n	34	3	13.5834	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29013	Of the high veneration man's intellect owes to God, peculiarly for his wisedom and power by a Fellow of the Royal Society.	Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.	1685 (1685)	Wing B4009; ESTC R10996	40,294	119

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