Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	let_v	lord_n	pity_n	2,062	5	9.8769	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30375	A letter to a lord upon his happy conversion from popery to the Protestant religion by G. Burnett ...	Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.	1688 (1688)	Wing B5820; ESTC R36042	5,359	5

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obedient_a servant_n g._n b._n print_a in_o the_o year_n 1688._o