Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	age_n	future_a	great_a	145	3	2.1235	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88516	Peri hypsous, or Dionysius Longinus of the height of eloquence. Rendred out of the originall. By J.H. Esq;; On the sublime. English	Longinus, 1st cent.; Longinus, Cassius, ca. 213-273, attributed name.; Hall, John, 1627-1656.	1652 (1652)	Wing L2999; Thomason E1294_2; ESTC R202778	38,074	113

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