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	house_n	time_n	11,284	5	3.5200	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36359	Mr. Tho. Dangerfield's second narrative wherein is contained a faithful charge against the Lady Powis, Mr. Stamford, (the Duke of Newburghs resident) and Mrs. Cellier relating to the murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey and the late plot made by the papists, to be cast upon the Protestants : wherein is I. A true account of methods used to invalidate the testimony of Captain William Bedloe and Mr. Prance, II. An account of the several papists imprisoned, and their crimes, with the charges it cost them to get out upon bail / written by his own hand.	Dangerfield, Thomas, 1650?-1685.; Prance, Miles, fl. 1678-1689.; Bedloe, William, 1650-1680.; Cellier, Elizabeth, fl. 1680.; Powis, Elizabeth Somerset Herbert, Duchess of, d. 1691.; Stamford, Mr.	1680 (1680)	Wing D193; ESTC R20874	26,539	34

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