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	right_n	13,405	5	6.9102	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46425	A modern essay on the thirteenth satyr of Juvenal by Henry Higden.	Higden, Henry.; Juvenal. Satura 13.	1686 (1686)	Wing J1279; ESTC R12184	26,841	123

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