Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	james_n	robert_n	sir_n	19,083	5	6.0013	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44054	A Defence of the Scots abdicating Darien including an answer to the defence of the Scots settlement there / authore Brittano sed Dunensi.	Hodges, James.; Harris, Walter, 17th/18th cent.; Foyer, Archibald.	1700 (1700)	Wing H2298; ESTC R29058	118,774	233

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