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
A95594	Moderation: or Arguments and motives tending thereunto, humbly tendred to the Honourable Members of Parliament. As also indifferently calculated for common consideration. Together with a brief touch of the reputed German Anabaptists, and Munster tragedy. By S.T.	S. T.	1660 (1660)	Wing T54; Thomason E1015_8; ESTC R208177	33,602	32

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