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
A58341	Mr. Reeves his Alarm to London in a shrill voice to its inhabitants : late preacher at Waltham-Abbey in Hartford-shire.; Alarm to London	Reeve, Thomas, 1594-1672.	1678 (1678)	Wing R684; ESTC R5969	2,231	8

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