Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	age_n	young_a	youth_n	408	3	7.8730	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23187	Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Roman emperor, his meditations concerning himselfe treating of a naturall mans happinesse; wherein it consisteth, and of the meanes to attaine unto it. Translated out of the originall Greeke; with notes: by Meric Casaubon ...; Meditations. English	Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, 121-180.; Casaubon, Meric, 1599-1671.	1634 (1634)	STC 962; ESTC S100316	174,038	304

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