Selected quad for the lemma: nature_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nature_n	write_v	writer_n	year_n	45	3	4.2894	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62018	Ephemeri vita, or, The natural history and anatomy of the Ephemeron, a fly that lives but five hours written originally in Low-Dutch by Jo. Swammerdam ...; Ephemeri vita. English	Swammerdam, Jan, 1637-1680.; Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708.	1681 (1681)	Wing S6233; ESTC R3239	37,691	72

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