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
B21136	The advantages of the present settlement, and the great danger of a relapse	Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.	1689 (1689)	Wing D827B	28,552	40

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