Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	cold_a	hot_a	moist_a	5,424	5	10.2024	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64761	Anima magica abscondita or a discourse of the universall spirit of nature, with his strange, abstruse, miraculous ascent, and descent. By Eugenius Philalethes.	Vaughan, Thomas, 1622-1666.	1650 (1650)	Wing V142; ESTC R3720	27,836	76

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his_o disciple_n expound_v he_o est_fw-la enim_fw-la {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o say_v magirus_n quoniam_fw-la absolvit_fw-la expolit_fw-la and_o informat_fw-la rem_fw-la naturalem_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la eam_fw-la una_fw-la ab_fw-la alterá_fw-fr distinguatur_fw-la this_o be_v a_o express_a of_o the_o office_n and_o effect_n of_o form_n but_o nothing_o at_o all_o to_o their_o substance_n or_o essence_n now_o let_v we_o see_v what_o he_o say_v to_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n the_o soul_n say_v he_o be_v {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o that_o be_v in_o plain_a term_n consummatio_fw-la or_o barbarous_o but_o true_o finitatio_fw-la though_o his_o own_o follower_n false_o render_v it_o actus_fw-la corporis_fw-la organici_fw-la but_o this_o definition_n be_v common_a to_o beast_n and_o plant_n and_o therefore_o he_o have_v stumble_v on_o another_o anima_fw-la est_fw-la principium_fw-la quo_fw-la vivimus_fw-la 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