Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	john_n	ralph_n	thomas_n	13,787	5	7.9883	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41814	New court-contrivances, or, More sham-plots still, against true-hearted Englishmen	Grascome, Samuel, 1641-1708?	1693 (1693)	Wing G1575; ESTC R19894	9,391	10

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