Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	delight_n	example_n	great_a	69	3	2.1261	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31080	Practical discourses upon the consideration of our latter end, and the danger and mischief of delaying repentance by Isaac Barrow ...	Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677.	1694 (1694)	Wing B951; ESTC R17257	64,090	182

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