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	people_n	16,100	5	4.4671	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93850	Mr. Recorders speech to the Lord Protector upon VVednesday the eighth of Febru. 1653. Being the day of His Highnesse entertainment in London.	Steele, William, d. 1680.	1654 (1654)	Wing S5396; Thomason E729_2; ESTC R206829	1,776	7

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