Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	worth_n	worthy_a	write_v	15	3	6.2807	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03512	The Iliads of Homer prince of poets· Neuer before in any languag truely translated. With a co[m]ment vppon some of his chiefe places; donne according to the Greeke by Geo: Chapman.; Iliad. English. Chapman	Homer.; Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.; Hole, William, d. 1624, engraver.	1611 (1611)	STC 13634; ESTC S119234	399,802	404

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