Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	incline_v	keep_v	law_n	16,141	5	7.9682	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87543	The liberty of prayer asserted, and garded [sic] from licentiousness by a minister of the Church of England.	Jenks, Benjamin, 1646-1724.	1696 (1696)	Wing J619A; ESTC R43659	107,332	222

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