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	king_n	son_n	18,410	5	5.3117	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46364	The last efforts of afflicted innocence being an account of the persecution of the Protestants of France, and a vindication of the reformed religion from the aspersions of disloyalty and rebellion, charg'd on it by the papists / translated out of French.; Derniers efforts de l'innocence affligée. English	Jurieu, Pierre, 1637-1713.; Vaughan, Walter.	1682 (1682)	Wing J1205; ESTC R2582	121,934	296

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