Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	part_n	young_a	youth_n	14	3	9.3977	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B11307	The essayes or counsels, ciuill and morall, of Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban; Essays	Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.	1625 (1625)	STC 1148; ESTC S100362	104,580	356

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