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	time_n	4,682	4	3.1702	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54098	An address to Protestants upon the present conjuncture in II parts / by a Protestant, William Penn.	Penn, William, 1644-1718.	1679 (1679)	Wing P1248; ESTC R15359	141,914	254

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