Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	great_a	house_n	king_n	16,717	5	3.6767	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39622	Five letters from a gentleman in Scotland to his friend in London being a true account of what remarkable passages have happened since the Prince's landing, the manner of the taking of the Chancellor, and his lady in mans apparel, the burning of the Pope, demolishing of the popish chapels, &c. with the total overthrow of the Roman Catholicks : Edinburgh, Decemb. 3. 1688.	Gentleman in Scotland.	1689 (1689)	Wing F1108; ESTC R177089	4,652	6

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