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	place_n	6,135	4	4.0445	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96410	Three speeches made to the Right Honorable the Lord Maior, aldermen, and Common-Council of London, by the Lord Whitlock, Lord Fleetwood, Lord Disbrowe. At Guild-Hall, on Tuesday November the 8th. 1659.	Whitlocke, Bulstrode, 1605-1675 or 6.; Fleetwood, Charles, d. 1692.; Desborough, John, 1608-1680.	1659 (1659)	Wing W1994; Thomason E1010_5; ESTC R203787	4,650	8

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