Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	die_v	king_n	year_n	11,611	5	4.9248	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43907	The history of Reynard the Fox, and Reynardine his son In two parts. With morals to each chapter, explaining what appears doubtful or allegorical: and every chapter illustrated with a curious device, or picture, representing to the eye all the material passages. Written by an eminent statesman of the German Empire, and since done into English, Dutch, French, Italian, &c.; Reynard the Fox.	D. P.	1700 (1700)	Wing H2137; ESTC R215189	71,523	173

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