Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	according_a	young_a	youth_n	60	3	8.0068	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78196	Venus in the cloister, Or The nun in her smock. In curious dialogues, addressed to the Lady Abbess of Loves Paradice, / by the Abbot Du Prat. ; Done out of French.; Venus dans le cloitre ou La religieuse en chemise. English	Barrin, Jean, ca. 1640-1718.	1683 (1683)	Wing B920B; ESTC R174889	52,352	174

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