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	john_n	king_n	15,285	5	3.5051	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58601	The coppy of a letter written by a friend, to the Laird of Blaikwood and his answer, with the coppy of my Lord Angus's letter, from Utrecht, 21/11 January 1692. To My Lord Marquess of Dowglas his father, Edinburgh, 16th: August 1692.	Lawrie, William, d. 1700?; Angus, James Douglas, Earl of, 1671-1692.; Marketing/Technology Service.	1692 (1692)	Wing S119; ESTC R217869	6,262	5

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