Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	ghost_n	holy_a	sin_n	8,113	5	5.0888	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26245	The character of a Quaker in his true and proper colours, or, The clownish hypocrite anatomized	R. H.; Austin, Samuel, d. ca. 1665.	1671 (1671)	Wing A4256; ESTC R27863	4,834	22

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