Selected quad for the lemma: honour_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
honour_n	earl_n	lord_n	viscount_n	2,547	5	11.7917	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48230	Zayde a Spanish history, or, romance / originally written in French by Monsieur Segray ; done into English by P. Porter, Esq.; Zaïde. English	La Fayette, Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne), 1634-1693.; Segrais, Jean Regnauld de, 1624-1701.; Porter, P.	1678 (1678)	Wing L172A; ESTC R23097	82,422	192

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