Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	john_n	majesty_n	sir_n	6,534	5	7.0406	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58062	Observations on the poems of Homer and Virgil a discourse representing the excellencies of those works; and the perfections in general, of all heroick action. Out of the French, by John Davies of Kidwelly.; Comparaison des poèmes d'Homere et de Virgile. English. 1672.	Rapin, René, 1621-1687.; Davies, John, 1625-1693.	1672 (1672)	Wing R266; ESTC R217966	42,159	138

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