Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	interest_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	20	3	8.8436	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37436	Reasons humbly offer'd for a law to enact the castration of popish ecclesiastics, as the best way to prevent the growth of popery in England	Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.	1700 (1700)	Wing D843; ESTC R7912	12,802	28

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