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	king_n	word_n	446	4	3.5806	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26164	Additions answering the omissions of our reverend author	Atwood, William, d. 1705?	1681 (1681)	Wing A4166; ESTC R9859	18,503	48

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