Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	act_n	place_n	zion_n	20	3	9.4329	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58347	A call and patern for true and speedy repentance being an abridgment of those many severe sermons by Thomas Reeve ... intituled God's plea for Nineveh.	Reeve, Thomas, 1594-1672.	1683 (1683)	Wing R692; ESTC R33984	87,424	108

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dance_a city_n into_o a_o sorrowful_a lady_n yea_o make_v this_o melodious_a city_n a_o ramah_n wherein_o there_o shall_v be_v nothing_o but_o mourn_v and_o weeep_v and_o great_a lamentation_n instead_o of_o the_o mirth_n of_o the_o city_n and_o its_o jollity_n the_o cry_n of_o city_n shall_v go_v up_o to_o heaven_n 1_o sam._n 5.12_o if_o a_o city_n wax_v proud_a insolent_a and_o dare_v it_o shall_v know_v neither_o gate_n bar_n wall_n tower_n impregnable_a castle_n or_o million_o of_o arm_a man_n can_v or_o shall_v secure_v she_o god_n confound_v judgement_n shall_v pull_v down_o the_o most_o potent_a and_o haughty_a city_n a_o city_n of_o perverseness_n shall_v be_v a_o city_n of_o perplexity_n ezek._n 9.9_o then_o the_o city_n shall_v be_v smite_v ezek._n 33.24_o lay_v desolate_a esa_n 27.10_o make_v a_o den_n of_o dragon_n jer._n 10.22_o a_o defence_a city_n shall_v be_v make_v a_o heap_n isaiah_n 25.2_o yea_o god_n will_v set_v his_o face_n against_o the_o city_n for_o evil_a 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