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
A63248	A trip to Ireland being a description of the country, people and manner : as also some select observations on Dublin.	Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.	1699 (1699)	Wing T2285; ESTC R22635	17,723	17

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