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
A75398	The answer of the Commissioners of the Navie, to a scandalous pamphlet, published by Mr Andrewes Burrell.	England and Wales. Commissioners of the Admiralty and the Navy.	1646 (1646)	Wing A3289; Thomason E340_31; ESTC R200889	31,218	38

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