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	sir_n	son_n	57,727	5	6.2744	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96585	The letter of Master Alexander Williams in Ireland to his father here resident in London.	Williams, Alexander, fl. 1642.	1642 (1642)	Wing W2640; Thomason 669.f.6[11]; ESTC R211831	1,688	1

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