Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	child_n	husband_n	parent_n	3,987	5	7.8229	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02806	The line of liberalitie dulie directinge the wel bestowing of benefites and reprehending the comonly vsed vice of ingratitude. Anno. 1569.; De beneficiis. Book 1-3. English	Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.; Haward, Nicholas.	1569 (1569)	STC 12939; ESTC S103875	92,810	272

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