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	river_n	9,026	5	7.1511	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57436	Certain proposalls in order to the peoples freedome and accommodation in some particulars with the advancement of trade and navigation of this commonwealth in generall ... / by Henry Robinson.	Robinson, Henry, 1605?-1664?	1652 (1652)	Wing R1670; ESTC R22464	21,532	30

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