Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	speak_v	time_n	word_n	15,397	5	4.1665	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44671	The carnality of religious contention in two sermons preach'd at the merchant's lecture in Broadstreet / by John Howe ...	Howe, John, 1630-1705.	1693 (1693)	Wing H3019; ESTC R1703	46,035	129

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