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	england_n	sir_n	23,623	5	6.1035	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33240	Two letters written by the Right Honourable Edward, Earl of Clarendon, late Lord High Chancellour of England one to His Royal Highness the Duke of York, the other to the Dutchess, occasioned by her embracing the Roman Catholick religion.	Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674.; James II, King of England, 1633-1701.; York, Anne Hyde, Duchess of, 1637-1671.	1680 (1680)	Wing C4429; ESTC R23246	5,230	6

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