Selected quad for the lemma: father_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
father_n	write_n	write_v	year_n	166	3	4.4900	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42204	Grotius, his arguments for the truth of Christian religion rendred into plain English verse.; De veritate religionis Christianae. English	Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.; Virgil. Bucolica. 4. English.	1686 (1686)	Wing G2085; ESTC R5887	94,061	191

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