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
A50414	A sermon against false prophets preached in St. Maries Church in Oxford, shortly after the surrender of that garrison / by Iasper Maine ...	Mayne, Jasper, 1604-1672.	1647 (1647)	Wing M1474; ESTC R6997	24,686	32

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