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

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49572	Heroick love a tragedy : as it is acted at the theatre in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields / written by the Honourable George Granville, Esq.	Lansdowne, George Granville, Baron, 1667-1735.	1698 (1698)	Wing L422; ESTC R11031	42,456	90

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