Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	elder_a	son_n	young_a	11,377	5	8.4682	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66421	A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, on Wednesday the 11th of December, 1695 being a solemn day of fasting and humiliation, appointed by His Majesty, for imploring the blessing of Almighty God upon the consultations of this present Parliament / by John Williams ...	Williams, John, 1636?-1709.	1695 (1695)	Wing W2728; ESTC R7405	14,159	37

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