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	time_n	10,588	5	3.5626	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39710	Epigrams of all sorts, made at divers times on several occasions by Richard Flecknoe.	Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?	1670 (1670)	Wing F1218; ESTC R2060	35,420	122

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