Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	convince_v	gracious_a	great_a	53	3	2.1237	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19286	The Churches deliuerance contayning meditations and short notes vppon the booke of Hester. In remembrance of the wonderfull deliuerance from the Gunpoulder-treason. By Thomas Cooper.	Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626.	1609 (1609)	STC 5696; ESTC S108661	185,807	240

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