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	king_n	kingdom_n	17,804	5	5.6893	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52742	An account of the sufferings of the French Protestants, slaves on board the French kings galleys by Elias Neau, one of their fellow sufferers ; together with a list of those who are still on board the said galleys.	Neau, Elias, b. ca. 1661.	1699 (1699)	Wing N363; ESTC R13188	10,633	23

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