Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	blood_n	drink_v	eat_v	23,847	5	7.8334	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49922	Cæsar Borgia, son of Pope Alexander the sixth a tragedy acted at the Duke's Theatre by their Royal Highnesses servants / written by Nat. Lee.	Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1680 (1680)	Wing L846; ESTC R10791	50,638	77

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