Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	according_a	advice_n	alderman_n	30	3	10.3959	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29769	A collection of miscellany poems, letters, &c. by Mr. Brown, &c. ; to which is added, A character of a latitudinarian.	Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.	1699 (1699)	Wing B5052; ESTC R15161	90,950	262

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