Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	build_v	great_a	house_n	4,131	4	5.1795	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69048	The speach of the Kirk of Scotland to her beloved children	Calderwood, David, 1575-1650.	1620 (1620)	STC 4365; ESTC S107176	43,447	131

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