Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	earl_n	elder_a	william_n	10,908	5	8.1642	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39865	A discovery of new worlds from the French, made English by A. Behn.	Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757.; Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.	1688 (1688)	Wing F1412; ESTC R27986	79,769	206

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