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	know_v	time_n	17,015	5	3.8228	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56734	The morning ramble, or, The town-humours a comedy acted at the Duke's Theatre.	Payne, Henry Neville, fl. 1672-1710.	1673 (1673)	Wing P892; ESTC R11211	52,932	81

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