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	great_a	king_n	22,528	5	3.6077	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34732	Count Hanlan's downfall, or, A true and exact account of the killing that arch traytor and Tory, Redmon ô Hanlan by Art ô Hanlan, one of his own party, on the 25 day of April, 1681, near the Eight Mile Bridge, in the county of Down being the copy of a letter writ by a country gentleman (now in Dublin) to a person of quality (his friend) in the country.	Whitaker, Edward.	1681 (1681)	Wing C6517; ESTC R786	2,847	8

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