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	time_n	9,883	5	3.3059	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42088	Homais, queen of Tunis novel / by Sebastian Grenadine.; Homaïs reyne de Tunis. English	Grenadine, Sebastian.; Brémond, Gabriel de.	1681 (1681)	Wing G1935; ESTC R41772	40,871	134

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