Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	call_v	country_n	great_a	9,130	5	3.1873	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18234	Preceptes of Cato with annotacions of D. Erasmus of Roterodame vere profitable for all [...]; Catonis disticha. English.	Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234-149 B.C., attributed name.; Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Burrant, Robert.	1553 (1553)	STC 4854; ESTC S121116	81,117	325

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