Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	able_a	according_a	large_a	36	3	5.7149	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61878	A further iustification of the present war against the United Netherlands illustrated with several sculptures / by Henry Stubbe.	Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.	1673 (1673)	Wing S6046; ESTC R30154	187,457	192

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