Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	wish_v	world_n	year_n	16	3	4.2500	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55147	An address of thanks to a good prince presented in the panegyrick of Pliny, upon Trajan, the best of Roman Emperours.; Panegyricus. English	Pliny, the Younger.; Kennett, White, 1660-1728.	1685 (1685)	Wing P2573; ESTC R19468	99,761	273

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