Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	line_n	page_n	read_v	5,395	5	11.3258	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41308	Patriarcha, or, The natural power of Kings by the learned Sir Robert Filmer.	Filmer, Robert, Sir, d. 1653.	1680 (1680)	Wing F922; ESTC R29832	53,082	156

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