Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	world_n	worthy_a	year_n	199	3	4.5216	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34296	The Congress at The Hague	C. W.	1691 (1691)	Wing C5843; ESTC R1457	28,593	80

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