Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	esq_n	honourable_a	william_n	13,106	5	9.6307	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67175	A speech spoken in the council-chamber of the city of Oxford the 16th of September, '87 by William Wright, esq., deputy recorder of the said city, being the day on which the right honourable James, Earl of Abingdon, took the oath and accepted the office of lord high steward of the city aforesaid.	Wright, William, b. 1658 or 9.	1687 (1687)	Wing W3717; ESTC R31849	1,526	1

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