Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	emperor_n	great_a	time_n	4,225	4	3.3149	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43488	Observations vpon historie by W.H., Esq.	Habington, William, 1605-1654.	1641 (1641)	Wing H166; ESTC R20802	24,559	176

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