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	great_a	king_n	12,704	5	3.6266	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63883	A sermon preached before the Right Honourable Sir Henry Tulse, Lord Mayor of the city of London and the court of aldermen, together with the governors of the hospitals at the parish-church of St. Bridget, on Easter Monday, March 31, 1684 by the Right Reverend Father in God Francis Lord Bishop of Rochester ...	Turner, Francis, 1638?-1700.	1634 (1634)	Wing T3284; ESTC R38919	18,664	40

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