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	time_n	year_n	23,396	5	4.9641	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87390	A true narrative of the occasions and causes of the late Lord Gen. Cromwell's anger and indignation against Lieut. Col. George Joyce, (sometimes Cornet Joyce, who secured the King at Holmby) & his proceedings against him to casheer him from the Army, and imprison and destroy him in his estate.	Joyce, George, fl. 1647.	1659 (1659)	Wing J1124; Thomason 669.f.21[50]; ESTC R203475	4,558	4

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