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	king_n	part_n	4,451	4	4.0694	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59451	Some reflections upon the pretended parallel in the play called, The Duke of Guise : in a letter to a friend.	Shadwell, Thomas, 1642?-1692.	1683 (1683)	Wing S2873; ESTC R22792	13,559	32

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