Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	king_n	reign_v	year_n	14,378	5	5.9407	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65173	A needful corrective or ballance in popular government expressed in a letter to James Harrington, Esquire, upon occasion of a late treatise of his, and published as seasonable in the present juncture of affaires	Vane, Henry, Sir, 1612?-1662.; Harrington, James, 1611-1677.	1660 (1660)	Wing V72; ESTC R22032	8,679	12

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