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	son_n	true_a	6,995	5	5.4508	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13448	The fearefull summer, or, Londons calamity, the countries courtesy, and both their misery by Iohn Taylor.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1625 (1625)	STC 23754; ESTC S531	12,976	32

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