Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	chief_a	great_a	province_n	3,890	4	8.0574	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64315	Miscellanea ... by a person of honour.	Temple, William, Sir, 1628-1699.	1680 (1680)	Wing T646; ESTC R223440	87,470	252

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