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
A64375	A sermon concerning the wandring of the mind in God's service preached before the Queen, at White-Hall, February 15, 1690/1 / by Tho. Tenison ...	Tenison, Thomas, 1636-1715.	1691 (1691)	Wing T717; ESTC R20689	8,761	36

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