Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	hear_v	lord_n	pray_v	6,088	5	6.6801	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50836	The Christian pattern paraphras'd, or, The book of the Imitation of Christ commonly ascrib'd to Thomas à Kempis ; made English by Luke Milbourn ...	Milbourne, Luke, 1649-1720.; Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471.	1696 (1696)	Wing M2030A; ESTC R16611	104,301	344

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reside_v animos_fw-la spiritus_fw-la alme_n veni_fw-la amen_n finis_fw-la

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