Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	henry_n	sir_n	son_n	25,188	5	5.8731	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17262	Problemes of beautie and all humane affections. VVritten in Italian by Tho: Buoni, cittizen of Lucca. With a discourse of beauty, by the same author. Translated into English, by S.L. Gent; Problemi della belleza. English	Buoni, Thommaso.; Lennard, Samson, d. 1633.	1606 (1606)	STC 4103.3; ESTC S106920	106,759	352

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