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
A41719	Advice to young gentlemen, in their several conditions of life· By way of address from a father to his children. By the Abbot Goussault, counseller in Parliament. With his sentiments and maxims upon what passes in civil society. Printed at Paris 1697, and translated into English.; Conseils d'un père à ses enfans sur les divers états de la vie. English	Goussault, Jacques.	1698 (1698)	Wing G1451A; ESTC R223716	70,421	157

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