Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	good_a	servant_n	use_v	2,678	4	5.2929	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52885	A rich treasure at an easie rate: or, The ready way to true content A short and pleasant discourse manifestly shewing how inconsistent riches is with piety usually, and how opposite poverty is often. Together with the happy agrement and conjunction of honest labour, real godliness, and soul-content. By N. D.	Parsons, Robert, 1546-1610.	1678 (1678)	Wing N569D; ESTC R181476	17,986	119

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