Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	ability_n	according_a	several_a	39	3	4.9708	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65831	Piety promoted by faithfulness manifested by several testimonies concerning that true servant of God Ann Whitehead.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1686 (1686)	Wing W1885; ESTC R19754	32,467	126

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