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
A64996	The life of Francis of Lorrain, Duke of Guise	Valincour, Jean-Baptiste-Henri Du Trousset de, 1653-1730.; F. S.	1681 (1681)	Wing V44A; ESTC R220174	42,626	146

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