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	king_n	5,770	4	3.5361	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78263	The case of the orphans and creditors of the city of London	Reading, Nathaniel, d. ca. 1712.	1688 (1688)	Wing C1120; ESTC R231175	17,284	16

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