Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	duke_n	earl_n	majesty_n	21,573	5	7.2402	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49689	A late voyage to Holland, with brief relations of the transactions at the Hague, also remarks on the manners and customs, nature, and commical humours of the people; their religion, government, habitations, way of living, and manner of treating stangers, especially to the English. Written by an English gentleman, attending the court of the King of Great Britain.	English gentleman, attending the court of the King of Great Britain.	1691 (1691)	Wing L561A; ESTC R213947	17,332	41

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