Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	miserable_a	sinner_n	son_n	18,038	5	8.4630	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48069	The life and death of Monsieur Claude, the famous minister of Charenton in France done out of French by G.P.; Abrégé de la vie de Mr. Claude. English	Ladevèze, Abel-Rodolphe de.; G. P.	1688 (1688)	Wing L149; ESTC R3073	50,310	77

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