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
A65052	Aesop a comedy as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.	Vanbrugh, John, Sir, 1664-1726.; Boursault, M. (Edme), 1638-1701. Fables d'Esope.	1697 (1697)	Wing V54; ESTC R27037	53,009	81

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