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	knight_n	marry_v	11,100	5	9.8128	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41299	A farther defence of dramatick poetry being the second part of the review of Mr. Collier's View of the immorality and profaneness of the stage / done by the same hand.	Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.; Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724. Defence of dramatick poetry.; Filmer, Edward, b. ca. 1657.; Rymer, Thomas, 1641-1713.	1698 (1698)	Wing F906; ESTC R202014	30,686	82

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