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	great_a	leave_v	428	4	4.6238	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55774	The mystery and method of His Majesty's happy restauration laid open to publick view by John Price.	Price, John, 1625?-1691.	1680 (1680)	Wing P3335; ESTC R30537	81,380	190

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