Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	find_v	great_a	lord_n	4,901	5	3.7565	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43126	A sermon preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons at St. Margarets Westminster, upon December the 11th, 1695 being the solemn day of fasting and humiliation for imploring the blessing of Almighty God upon the consultations of this present Parliament / by William Hayley.	Hayley, William, 1657-1715.	1696 (1696)	Wing H1211; ESTC R25421	11,192	32

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