Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	hear_v	see_v	word_n	15,281	5	4.1613	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44663	A letter from my Lord Howard of Escrick, to his friend together with his protestation, at his receiving the blessed Communion in the Tower, on July the third, 1681.	Howard of Escrick, William Howard, Baron, 1626?-1694.	1681 (1681)	Wing H3012; ESTC R4788	2,647	6

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