Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	character_n	empire_n	great_a	18	3	2.0863	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53606	Ovid's epistles translated by several hands.; Heroides. English	Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1680 (1680)	Wing O659; ESTC R6089	82,305	296

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