Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	wonderful_a	work_n	worldly_a	28	3	7.3124	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53952	A discourse concerning the existence of God by Edward Pelling ...	Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.	1696 (1696)	Wing P1078; ESTC R21624	169,467	442

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