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	ormond_n	11,780	5	13.4357	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41024	Feign'd friendship, or, The mad reformer as it was acted at the theatre in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields.		1699 (1699)	Wing F601; ESTC R17867	50,219	56

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