Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	charles_n	earl_n	viscount_n	14,908	5	11.7517	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39359	An answer to a book intitled Tractatus theologico politicus	Earbery, Matthias.	1697 (1697)	Wing E68; ESTC R41104	85,540	210

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