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	marry_v	son_n	44,819	5	5.8094	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33919	A short view of the immorality, and profaneness of the English stage together with the sense of antiquity upon this argument / by Jeremy Collier ...; Short view of the immorality and profaneness of the English stage	Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.	1698 (1698)	Wing C5263; ESTC R19806	126,651	310

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