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	people_n	6,070	4	4.2943	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39855	The follies of France, or, A true relation of the extravagant rejoycings that were made by the French King's command, in most cities of France, for the pretended death of His Majesty (William, King of Great-Britain) contained in a letter written from a Roman Catholick citizen of Paris (by way of Holland) to his correspondent in London ; translated from the French original.	Roman Catholick citizen of Paris.	1690 (1690)	Wing F1401; ESTC R6856	4,691	6

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