Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	city_n	london_n	mayor_n	10,714	5	9.7889	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40701	A plain proof of the true father and mother of the pretended Prince of Wales by several letters written by the late Queen in France, the Earle of Tyrconnel, Lord Deputy of Ireland, the Dutchess of Powis, governess to the pretended prince, Mr. Sarroll, the Queens secretary, and Father Lewis Sabran, chaplain & tutor to the prince : with informations of several persons of note, plainly discovering the whole management of that imposture / collected from the originals as they were intercepted and deliver'd to His present Majesty, and never before made publick ; new published by William Fuller, Gent.	Fuller, William, 1670-1717?	1700 (1700)	Wing F2485; ESTC R7450	15,018	26

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