Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	day_n	great_a	king_n	9,441	5	3.5510	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90074	News from Braband:, or, An account of divers passages at the siege of Mons. Brussels, April 1. N.S. 1691.		1691 (1691)	Wing N950A; ESTC R180923	863	1

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