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	time_n	year_n	5,874	4	4.7366	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36074	An epistle to be communicated to Friends & to be read in the fear of the Lord in their men and womens meetings, and other meetings, only among Friends as they in the wisdom of God shall see meet and serviceable	Niesen, Geertruyd Deriks.	1677 (1677)	Wing D1558; ESTC R6660	5,177	10

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