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	name_n	see_v	4,553	4	3.7689	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50545	A sermon preached before the King at Windsor-Castle August 15, 1675 by Richard Meggott ...	Meggott, Richard, d. 1692.	1675 (1675)	Wing M1622; ESTC R16982	12,106	38

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