Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	day_n	death_n	life_n	12,344	5	4.4509	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51793	The Manner of the execution of William Howard, late Earl of Stafford, and one of the popish lords on Wednesday the 29th of this instant December, for high-treason, in conspiring the death of the King, and to subvert the Protestant religion.		1680 (1680)	Wing M471A; ESTC R18674	3,208	4

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