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	know_v	12,838	5	3.9179	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63934	The joyful news of opening the exchequer to the gold-smiths of Lombard-street, and their creditors as it was celebrated in a letter to the same friend in the countrey, to whom the bankers case was formerly sent / by the author of the same case.	Turner, Thomas, d. 1679.	1677 (1677)	Wing T3339; ESTC R17753	4,362	11

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