Selected quad for the lemma: country_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
country_n	care_n	young_a	youth_n	17	3	7.2086	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58845	The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems written in Spanish by Don Diego Saavedra Faxardo ... ; with a large preface, containing an account of the author, his works, and the usefulness thereof ; done into English from the original, by Sir Ja. Astry.; Idea de un príncipe político-cristiano. English	Saavedra Fajardo, Diego de, 1584-1648.; Astry, James, Sir.	1700 (1700)	Wing S211; ESTC R21588	533,202	785

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their_o body_n esteem_v it_o part_n of_o their_o duty_n and_o respect_v not_o to_o understand_v their_o design_n hist._n design_n intelligebantur_fw-la art_n sed_fw-la pars_fw-la obsequii_fw-la 〈…〉_o ne_o deprehenderentur_fw-la tac._n 4._o hist._n wherefore_o it_o be_v disallowable_a and_o dangerous_a to_o pry_v into_o the_o privacy_n and_o secret_a thought_n of_o prince_n ann_n prince_n abditos_fw-la principis_fw-la sensus_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d quid_fw-la occultius_fw-la parat_fw-la exquir●re_fw-la illicitum_fw-la anceps_fw-la nec_fw-la ideo_fw-la assequare_fw-la tac._n 6._o ann_n tiberius_n complain_v that_o he_o be_v in_o danger_n from_o some_o of_o the_o roman_a senator_n asinius_n gallus_n desire_v to_o know_v who_o they_o be_v that_o they_o may_v be_v bring_v to_o justice_n which_o tiberius_n take_v very_o ill_a that_o he_o shall_v desire_v to_o know_v what_o he_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o conceal_v ann_n conceal_v eo_fw-la aegrius_fw-la accepit_fw-la recludi_fw-la quae_fw-la premeret_fw-la tac._n 4._o ann_n germanicus_n act_v more_o prudent_o who_o though_o he_o well_o