Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	country_n	great_a	see_v	4,189	4	3.4001	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03924	The discovery of a London monster, called, the blacke dogg of New-gate profitable for all readers to take heed by.; Blacke dogge of Newgate	Hutton, Luke, d. 1596.; Rowlands, Samuel, 1570?-1630?	1638 (1638)	STC 14031; ESTC S104334	26,913	46

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