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	word_n	11,193	5	3.8155	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84456	The Earl of Maclesfeld's case	Macclesfield, Charles Gerard, Earl of, 1659?-1701.	1697-1698 (1698)	Wing E76; ESTC R222247	9,695	4

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