Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	great_a	holy_a	sin_n	4,656	5	4.5321	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62304	The recantation of Daniel Scargill publickly made before the University of Cambridge, in Great St Maries, July 25. 1669.	Scargill, Daniel.	1669 (1669)	Wing S823B; ESTC R219916	3,146	11

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