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
A90211	Tvvo letters sent by Mr. Richard Osburn (late attendant on his Majesty in Carisbrook Castle), touching a design to poyson or make away his Majesty. Which letter were read in the House of Peers and communicated to the House of Commons, June 20. 1648. With an answer to the said letters, and a narrative of the whole designe.	Osborne, Richard, fl. 1648.	1648 (1648)	Wing O530; Thomason E449_14	3,377	8

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