Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	honourable_a	london_n	right_n	15,695	5	6.6784	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66419	A sermon preached July 26, 1685 being the day of publick thanksgiving appointed by His Majesty for the late victory over the rebels, in the parish-churches of St. Mildred's Poultrey, and St. Ann's Aldersgate : published in vindication of that, and the author / by John Williams ...	Williams, John, 1636?-1709.	1685 (1685)	Wing W2726; ESTC R7297	12,118	36

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