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	life_n	sin_n	6,258	5	4.5340	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66371	A sermon preach'd before the Queen at White-Hall, May the Xth. M.DC.XC.I by William Wake ...	Wake, William, 1657-1737.	1691 (1691)	Wing W268; ESTC R4902	17,024	40

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