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	lord_n	see_v	9,072	5	3.5745	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35007	The discovery of the accursed thing in the Foxonian Quakers camp, englarged [sic]	Crisp, Thomas, 17th cent.	1695 (1695)	Wing C6949; ESTC R24789	53,543	42

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