Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	condition_n	excellent_a	great_a	183	3	2.1278	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45661	The defence of the Scots settlement at Darien answer'd paragraph by paragraph / by Philo-Britan.	Harris, Walter, 17th/18th cent.; Fletcher, Andrew, 1655-1716.; Foyer, Archibald.	1699 (1699)	Wing H881; ESTC R9419	58,491	93

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