Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	bring_v	great_a	time_n	4,314	4	3.1139	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46793	Mr. Francis Jenk's speech spoken in a common hall, the 24th of June 1679 for which he hath been ever since maligned and scandalized by the Papists and their abetters.	Jencks, Francis, b. 1640.	1679 (1679)	Wing J627; ESTC R1848	1,491	2

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the_o burrow_n of_o southwark_n and_o the_o place_n adjoin_v but_o all_o the_o city_n burrough_n town_n corporate_a and_o place_n of_o principal_a trade_n throughout_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n be_v perpetual_o in_o danger_n so_o that_o no_o rational_a or_o considerate_a man_n among_o we_o can_v promise_v himself_o his_o wife_n his_o child_n or_o estate_n one_o night_n security_n but_o they_o may_v all_o be_v devour_v in_o the_o consume_a flame_n except_o some_o speedy_a and_o effectual_a course_n be_v take_v but_o this_o be_v not_o all_o for_o be_v our_o house_n secure_a from_o fire_n yet_o such_o be_v the_o general_a decay_n of_o trade_n as_o if_o not_o remedy_v must_v unavoidable_o bring_v the_o whole_a city_n to_o poverty_n and_o ruin_n and_o it_o be_v conceive_v that_o this_o be_v very_o much_o occasion_v by_o the_o french_a who_o have_v lay_v such_o great_a imposition_n upon_o our_o woollen_a cloth_n stuff_n and_o other_o manufacture_n that_o we_o have_v almost_o lose_v our_o 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