Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	david_n	king_n	saul_n	12,106	5	9.9774	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36198	Dr. Sherlock vindicated, or, Cogent reasons, why that worthy person hath complied with the necessity of the times and why he at first refused it.		1690 (1690)	Wing D1765B; ESTC R221512	2,524	4

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