Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	heart_n	peace_n	unruly_a	52	3	17.5709	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23710	A discourse concerning the beauty of holiness by the author of The duty of man, laid down in express words of Scripture.	Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.	1679 (1679)	Wing A1109; ESTC R22680	56,782	148

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