Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	clear_v	desire_v	great_a	19	3	2.0856	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70701	A treatise of direction, how to travell safely and profitably into forraigne countries written by Thomas Neal ...	Neale, Thomas, 1614-1646?	1643 (1643)	Wing N358; ESTC R3203	36,777	188

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