Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	appear_v	civil_a	great_a	139	3	2.1769	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11376	Of the antient lavves of great Britaine. George Saltern	Salteren, George.	1605 (1605)	STC 21635; ESTC S116514	35,849	88

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