Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	army_n	great_a	part_n	3,993	4	4.1047	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31425	A serious exhortation, with some important advices, relating to the late cases about conformity recommended to the present dissenters from the Church of England.	Cave, William, 1637-1713.	1683 (1683)	Wing C1603; ESTC R5516	27,975	48

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