Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	little_a	zeal_n	zealous_a	15	3	8.3267	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02912	Reasons humbly offer'd for a law to enact the castration, or gelding, of Popish ecclesiastics, as the best way to prevent the growth of popery in England.	Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.	1700 (1700)	Wing D843A; ESTC R175925	12,803	16

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