Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	daughter_n	husband_n	sister_n	14,296	5	11.5913	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40976	The Fatal discovery, or, Love in ruines a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal by His Majesty's servants : with a preface in answer to a scandalous copy of verses written by Mr. Dryden and prefixt to a play call'd Heroick love.	Powell, George, 1658?-1714.	1698 (1698)	Wing F542; ESTC R2067	44,613	58

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