Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	wonder_v	world_n	year_n	37	3	4.0350	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87489	His Majesties reasons for withdrawing himself from Rochester wrote with his own hand and ordered by him to be published. : reasons why in this conjuncture no alteration should be made in the government of the Church of Scotland, / by a sincere Protestant and a lover of his country.	James II, King of England, 1633-1701.; England and Wales. Sovereign (1685-1688 : James II)	1689 (1689)	Wing J376B; ESTC R179598	4,192	11

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