Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	work_v	world_n	year_n	160	3	4.5822	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56802	The best match, or, The souls espousal to Christ opened and improved by Edward Pearse.	Pearse, Edward, 1633?-1674?	1673 (1673)	Wing P971; ESTC R33034	147,229	280

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