Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	council_n	majesty_n	privy_a	11,336	5	9.5907	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41383	A discourse of Christianity laying open the abuses thereof in the anti-Christian lives and worship of many of its professors, especially the Romanists : and shewing the way to a holy life in the character of a true Christian / written originally in French by the famous Monsieur de Gombaud ; and now done into English by P Lorrain.	Gombauld, Jean Ogier de, d. 1666.; Lorrain, P. (Paul), d. 1719.	1693 (1693)	Wing G1023; ESTC R14522	47,226	176

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honourable_a privy_a council_n may_v it_o please_v your_o lordship_n have_v no_o other_o way_n public_o to_o express_v my_o grateful_a sense_n of_o the_o deep_a obligation_n lay_v by_o your_o lordship_n upon_o my_o family_n and_o in_o particular_a upon_o myself_o i_o be_o prompt_v to_o do_v it_o by_o this_o dedication_n wherein_o yet_o i_o dare_v not_o undertake_v as_o it_o be_v usual_a on_o such_o occasion_n to_o delineate_v your_o lordship_n high_a character_n and_o though_o perhaps_o i_o may_v do_v it_o without_o suspicion_n of_o flattery_n fall_v upon_o the_o encomium_n of_o your_o noble_a virtue_n and_o eminent_a action_n partly_o because_o they_o be_v so_o universal_o know_v already_o to_o the_o world_n as_o not_o to_o need_v the_o pen_n of_o any_o panegyrist_n much_o less_o such_o a_o one_o as_o i_o who_o reckon_v myself_o insufficient_a for_o so_o great_a a_o task_n and_o partly_o because_o i_o believe_v your_o lordship_n will_v not_o like_o the_o way_n that_o be_v so_o 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