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
A54295	Mr. Pepys to the Lord Mayor upon the present state of Christ-Hospital. To the Right Honourable Sir Humphry Edwin, Lord Mayor	Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.; Edwin, Humphrey, Sir, 1642-1707, recipient.	1698 (1698)	Wing P1451A; ESTC R222471	2,807	6

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