Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	bestow_v	content_v	great_a	20	3	2.0850	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26631	An historical relation of the first discovery of the isle of Madera [sic] written originally in Portugueze by Don Francisco Alcafarado, who was one of the first discoverers, thence translated into French, and now made English.; Qual foy o azo com que se descobrio a ilha da Madeyra. English	Alcoforado, Francisco.; Mello, Francisco Manuel de, 1608-1666.	1675 (1675)	Wing A888; ESTC R7591	20,386	39

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