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	king_n	year_n	5,954	4	4.7354	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38925	An Exact journal of the victorious expedition of the confederate fleet the last year, under the command of the Right Honourable Admiral Russel giving an account of his relieving Barcellona, and the taking of a great number of prizes from the French : with a copy of a letter sent by the Algerines to congratulate the English admiral's arrival in the Mediterranean : to which is added a relation of the engagement between Catp. Killegrew, and the two French men of war that were taken in the fare of Messina.		1695 (1695)	Wing E3650; ESTC R11668	18,296	33

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