Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	comfort_n	general_a	great_a	23	3	2.1702	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23100	The sinners glasse containing Augustines Ladder to paradise : with diuers meditations and prayers, both for morning and euening / collected out of Saint Augustine and other ancient fathers.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Pimm, Timo.	1609 (1609)	STC 953.5; ESTC S1048	46,819	293

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