Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	esteem_v	excellent_a	great_a	158	3	2.0851	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33544	The dignity and duty of a married state in a sermon preach'd at the celebration of a marriage in the English Episcopal Church at Amsterdam / by John Cockburn.	Cockburn, John, 1652-1729.	1697 (1697)	Wing C4806; ESTC R29616	11,220	20

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