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	time_n	23,952	5	3.5867	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90449	Mr. Pepys to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen upon the present state of Christ-Hospital. To the Right Honourable Sir Humphry Edwin, Lord Mayor. : York-Buildings, July 11, 1698.	Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.; Edwin, Humphrey, Sir, 1642-1707.; City of London (England). Court of Aldermen.	1698 (1698)	Wing P1451; ESTC R181650	5,061	10

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