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
A63568	A True narrative of the confession and execution of the seven prisoners at Tyburn, on Friday the 19th of this instant December 1679		1679 (1679)	Wing T2783; ESTC R34085	2,909	4

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