Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	ghost_n	holy_a	son_n	26,034	5	5.3209	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81234	Asarkokaukēma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, open'd in a sermon preached at the funeral of Kingsmel Lucy, Esq. Eldest sonne to Francis Lucy, Esq. / By Tho. Case ...	Case, Thomas, 1598-1682.; Lucy, Francis.; Lucy, Kingsmel.	1655 (1655)	Wing C823A; ESTC R175653	36,380	166

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