Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	divine_a	humane_a	subsistence_n	2,511	5	12.4764	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16668	A new spring shadovved in sundry pithie poems. Musophilus	Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673.	1619 (1619)	STC 3574; ESTC S106131	13,301	40

i_o go_v this_o same_o entangle_a prison_n the_o continent_n of_o heavenly_a freedom_n may_v receive_v my_o soul_n which_o flesh_n imprison_v might_n but_o not_o control_n rest_v then_o retire_v muse_n and_o be_v thy_o own_o though_o all_o thy_o own_o forsake_v thou_o that_o when_o friend_n fortune_n and_o freedom_n be_v but_o small_a or_o none_o thy_o hope_n may_v aim_v at_o more_o transcendent_a end_n so_o by_o the_o body_n in_o strait_a durance_n throw_v thy_o unconfined_a soul_n may_v make_v amends_o for_o that_o which_o she_o have_v in_o her_o freedom_n lose_v in_o that_o most_o blessed_v wherein_o she_o seem_v most_o cross_v the_o statue_n of_o agathocles_n the_o argument_n agathocles_n a_o tyrant_n of_o syracuse_n cause_v his_o statue_n to_o be_v compose_v in_o this_o manner_n fragilitaten_v the_o head_n of_o gold_n arm_n of_o ivory_n and_o other_o of_o the_o lineament_n of_o pure_a brass_n but_o the_o foot_n of_o earth_n intimate_v of_o what_o weak_a and_o infirm_a 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