Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	beseech_v	good_a	please_v	23,628	5	8.8360	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69664	Several discourses viz., I. of purity and charity, II. of repentance, III. of seeking first the kingdom of God / by Hezekiah Burton ...; Selections. 1684	Burton, Hezekiah, 1631 or 2-1681.	1684 (1684)	Wing B6179; Wing B6178; ESTC R17728	298,646	615

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