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	england_n	king_n	14,426	5	3.6527	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58903	A seasonable address to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen, and commoners of the city of London, upon their present electing of sherifs [sic] by Philo-Patris, citizen, &c.	Philo-patris, Citizen.	1680 (1680)	Wing S2205; ESTC R13210	3,268	5

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