Selected quad for the lemma: concern_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
concern_n	good_a	great_a	person_n	34	4	4.8250	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49597	Epictetus junior, or, Maximes of modern morality in two centuries / collected by J.D. of Kidwelly.; Maximes. English	La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1613-1680.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.	1670 (1670)	Wing L451; ESTC R10485	25,133	156

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