Selected quad for the lemma: master_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	lord_n	servant_n	service_n	5,597	5	7.0128	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64778	The art of pleasing in conversation written by the famous Abbott Richlieu ; translated out of French.; Art de plaire dans la conversation	Vaumorière, M. de (Pierre Ortigue), 1610-1693.	1691 (1691)	Wing V161A; ESTC R29410	102,997	386

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