Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	ghost_n	person_n	son_n	92,124	5	6.6060	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52340	A sermon preached in the cathedral church of Carlisle, on Sunday Feb. 15, 1684/5 being the next day after our Soveraign Lord James the Second, was proclaim'd King in that city. / by Will. Nicolson ...	Nicolson, William, 1655-1727.	1685 (1685)	Wing N1149; ESTC R17490	9,256	29

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