Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	governor_n	year_n	young_a	22	3	5.4333	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58876	Clelia, an excellent new romance the whole work in five parts, dedicated to Mademoiselle de Longueville / written in French by the exquisite pen of Monsieur de Scudery, governour of Nostredame de la Garde.; Clélie. English	Scudéry, Madeleine de, 1607-1701.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.; Havers, G. (George)	1678 (1678)	Wing S2156; ESTC R19972	1,985,102	870

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