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	see_v	5,499	4	3.3677	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48965	An harangue to the King by a minister of the French church in the Savoy, the nineteenth of October, 1681.	Lombard, André.	1681 (1681)	Wing L2842C; Wing H678_CANCELLED; ESTC R9359	3,364	2

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