Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	england_n	great_a	king_n	4,552	4	3.6901	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53052	The naked truth, in an essay upon trade with some proposals for bringing the ballance on our side : humbly offered to the Parliament.	Blanch, John, b. 1649 or 50.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1696 (1696)	Wing N86; ESTC R10621	14,454	21

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