Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	bind_v	law_n	moral_a	2,795	5	9.5816	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95627	A sermon preached at the primary visitation of the Most Reverend Father in God Michael Lord Arch-Bishop of Armagh, primate and metropolitan of all Ireland, and lord high chancellor of the same. Held at Drogheda, August 20. 1679. / by Rich. Tenison ...	Tenison, Richard, 1640?-1705.; Boyle, Michael, 1609?-1702.	1679 (1679)	Wing T683; ESTC R184950	25,194	36

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