Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	father_n	person_n	son_n	31,270	5	6.4698	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58059	Judgment on Alexander and Cæsar and also on Seneca, Plutarch, and Petronius / translated out of the French.	Rapin, René, 1621-1687.; Dancer, John, fl. 1660-1675.	1672 (1672)	Wing R263; ESTC R21235	18,139	78

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