Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	england_n	henry_n	king_n	22,877	5	3.9509	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84654	[Pharmako-basanos]: or, The touch-stone of medicines. Discovering the vertues of [brace] vegetables, minerals, & animals, by their tastes & smells. : In two volumes. / By Sir John Floyer ...	Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734.	1687-1690 (1690)	Wing F1388A; ESTC R7125	262,701	788

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julij_fw-la 8_o vo_z 1687._o libellus_fw-la cvi_fw-la titulus_fw-la φαρμακο-βασανος_a or_o the_o touchstone_n of_o medicine_n etc._n etc._n imprimatur_fw-la tho._n witherley_n praeses_fw-la coll._n med._n lond._n censores_fw-la jo._n betts_n edw._n browne_n guil._n briggs_n guil._n dawkins_n φαρμακο-βασανος_a or_o the_o touchstone_n of_o medicine_n discover_v the_o virtue_n of_o vegetable_n mineral_n &_o animal_n by_o their_o taste_n &_o smell_v in_o two_o volume_n by_o sir_n john_n floyer_n of_o the_o city_n of_o litchfield_n kt._n m._n d._n of_o queens-college_n oxford_n saporum_fw-la speculatio_fw-la plurima_fw-la jucunda_fw-la &_o non_fw-la minùs_fw-la utilia_fw-la in_o se_fw-la continet_fw-la willis_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la brutorum_fw-la london_n print_v for_o michael_n johnson_n bookseller_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o his_o shop_n at_o litchfield_n and_o vttoxiter_n in_o stafford-shire_n and_o ashby-de-la-zouch_a in_o leicester-shire_n 1687._o φαρμακο-βασανος_a or_o the_o touchstone_n of_o medicine_n vol._n i._o contain_v three_o part_n part_v the_o first_o of_o taste_n &_o odour_n in_o general_n part_v the_o second_o a_o phytological_a essay_n how_o to_o discover_v the_o virtue_n of_o plant_n whether_o spontaneous_a in_o england_n or_o find_v in_o garden_n and_o shop_n by_o their_o taste_n and_o smell_v part_v the_o three_o of_o the_o taste_n and_o smell_v of_o the_o product_n of_o vegetable_n viz._n gum_n resin_n turpentine_n etc._n etc._n the_o second_o volume_n will_v be_v publish_v next_o michaelmas-term_n to_o the_o right_n honourable_a george_n lord_n dartmouth_n master_n of_o the_o horse_n to_o his_o majesty_n general_n of_o all_o his_o majesty_n ordnance_n and_o armoury_n chief_a governor_n of_o his_o majesty_n tower_n of_o london_n lord_n lieutenant_n of_o the_o tower-hamlet_n and_o one_o of_o his_o majesty_n most_o honourable_a privy-council_n my_o lord_n i_o question_v not_o but_o this_o essay_n will_v be_v more_o kind_o receive_v for_o 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