Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	edward_n	john_n	sir_n	23,199	5	7.5922	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93819	The State of the case depending between some of the inhabitants of Thames street and Josiah Child touching Lion-key ...	Child, Josiah, Sir, 1631-1699.	1668 (1668)	Wing S5310C; ESTC R42419	5,288	8

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