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	sin_n	soul_n	9,439	5	5.2050	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36720	The accomplish'd woman written originally in French ; since made English by the Honourable Walter Montague, Esq.; Honneste femme. English	Du Bosc, Jacques, d. 1660.; Montagu, Walter, 1603?-1677.	1656 (1656)	Wing D2407A; ESTC R3125	57,674	154

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