Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	best_a	day_n	great_a	279	4	2.0850	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18344	The holy appostle and doctour of the peple saynt Poule sayth in his epystle. Alle that is wryten is wryten vnto our doctryne and for our lernyng ...; De ludo scachorum. English	Jacobus, de Cassolis, fl. 1288-1322.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.	1483 (1483)	STC 4921; ESTC S106603	82,648	167

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