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	great_a	king_n	24,098	5	4.0248	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05086	The Rarest ballad that ever was seen, of the blind beggars daughter of Bednall-green.		1658-1664? (1664)	Wing R280C; ESTC R182364	4,268	1

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