Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	act_n	king_n	parliament_n	21,424	5	7.0688	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25610	An answer to the pretended case, printed concerning the navigation of the river Wye in the county of Surrey, by shewing the true state thereof.		1670 (1670)	Wing A3432B; ESTC R213483	2,321	1

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