Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	alderman_n	lord_n	sir_n	5,309	4	6.6012	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30922	A reply to the excellent and elegant speech made by Sir Thomas Player, the worthy Chamberlain of London, to the Right Honble the Lord Mayor &c. on Friday the 12th of September, 1679 by H.B.	H. B.; Player, Thomas, Sir, d. 1686.	1679 (1679)	Wing B77; ESTC R28327	2,363	6

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