Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	george_n	sir_n	thomas_n	40,805	5	8.7899	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18731	The epitaph of Sir Phillip Sidney Knight, lately Lord Gouernour of Floshing	Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.	1586 (1586)	STC 5228; ESTC S104978	4,034	10

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