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
A75580	The ark, its loss and recovery; or, some meditations on the history recorded in the beginning of I Sam. in meeter	Adamson, John, d. 1653, attributed name. aut	1660 (1660)	Wing A3697mA; ESTC R230977	9,699	16

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