Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	good_a	heart_n	let_v	12,895	5	4.2756	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42986	A Further account of New Jersey in an abstract of letters lately writ from thence / by several inhabitants there resident.		1676 (1676)	Wing H1007; ESTC R15092	5,242	16

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