Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	virtue_n	young_a	youth_n	29	3	8.2523	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18810	Marcus Tullius Ciceroes thre bokes of duties to Marcus his sonne, turned out of latine into english, by Nicholas Grimalde. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.; De officiis. English	Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Grimald, Nicholas, 1519-1562.	1556 (1556)	STC 5281; ESTC S107889	142,475	356

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