Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	esq_n	honourable_a	sir_n	22,922	5	9.6389	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63244	A sermon, preached in the cathedral church of Norwich before the Mayor and aldermen, upon the second of December 1697, being the publick thanksgiving, &c. / by Charles Trimnell ...	Trimnell, Charles, 1663-1723.	1697 (1697)	Wing T2281; ESTC R20780	9,157	28

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