Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	hand_n	let_v	lord_n	8,430	5	4.2823	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29155	A sermon preached at St. Catharine Cree-Church, on the 26th of November, 1691 being the thanksgiving-day, for the preservation of the King, and the reduction of Ireland / by Nicholas Brady ... ; printed at the request of his parishioners.	Brady, Nicholas, 1659-1726.	1692 (1692)	Wing B4174; ESTC R40295	11,416	32

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