Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	evil_a	evil_n	good_a	8,805	5	4.1675	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48828	Seasonable advice to all Protestant people of England heartily recommended by a lover of his countrey.; Seasonable discourse shewing the necessity of maintaining the established religion in opposition to popery.	Lloyd, William, 1627-1717.; Fell, John, 1625-1686.	1681 (1681)	Wing L2692A; ESTC R13209	23,584	39

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