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	see_v	5,633	4	3.5188	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67880	A speech delivered in the House of Commons, July 7th: 1641. being resolved into a committee, (so neer as it could be collected together) in the Palatine cause. By Sr. Simonds D'Ewes.	D'Ewes, Simonds, Sir, 1602-1650.	1641 (1641)	Wing D1253; ESTC R14551	5,502	16

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