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	honourable_a	majesty_n	11,463	5	6.3362	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53534	Titus and Berenice, a tragedy acted at the Duke's Theatre : with a farce called The cheats of Scapin / by Tho. Otway.	Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685.; Racine, Jean, 1639-1699. Bérénice.; Molière, 1622-1673. Fourberies de Scapin.	1677 (1677)	Wing O566; ESTC R9537	43,384	74

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