Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	daughter_n	john_n	king_n	11,114	5	3.6821	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89721	Hæc & hic; or, The feminine gender more worthy than the masculine. Being a vindication of that ingenious and innocent sex from the biting sarcasms, bitter satyrs, and opprobrious calumnies, wherewith they are daily, tho undeservedly, aspers'd by the virulent tongues and pens of malevolent men. ...	Norris, James, fl.1682-1684; Harefinch, John, fl. 1682-1690, printer	1683 (1683)	Wing N1242A; ESTC R228457	50,405	172

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