Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	abel_n	adam_n	enoch_n	52	3	11.5842	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29172	The great point of succession discussed with a full and particular answer to a late pamphlet, intituled, A brief history of succession, &c.	Brady, Robert, 1627?-1700.	1681 (1681)	Wing B4191; ESTC R19501	63,508	40

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