Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	abandon_v	place_n	spacious_a	35	3	11.3874	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06736	Fuga sæculi. Or The holy hatred of the world Conteyning the liues of 17. holy confessours of Christ, selected out of sundry authors. Written in Italian by the R. Fa. Iohn-Peter Maffæus of the Society of Iesus. And translated into English by H.H.; Vite di XVII confessori di Christo. English	Maffei, Giovanni Pietro, 1536?-1603.; Hawkins, Henry, 1571?-1646.; Baes, Martin, engraver.	1632 (1632)	STC 17181; ESTC S111891	465,460	588

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