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	account_n	great_a	91	3	2.3391	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47514	Mr. Kirkwood's plea before the Kirk, and civil judicatures of Scotland Divided into five parts.	Kirkwood, James, fl. 1698.	1698 (1698)	Wing K649; ESTC R220381	232,754	148

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