Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	christian_a	fire_n	great_a	27	3	2.1181	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45954	The intrigues of the Court of Rome for these seven or eight years past written originally by a French gentleman who lived with a publick character several years at that court ; now rendered into English.	J. M. D.	1679 (1679)	Wing I278; ESTC R27441	78,507	199

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