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
A63302	A true account of the behaviour, confession and last dying speeches of the six criminals that were executed at Tyburn on Friday, the 12th of September, 1690	Smith, Samuel, 1620-1698.	1690 (1690)	Wing T2351B; ESTC R492266	4,958	3

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