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	james_n	john_n	17,475	5	8.0479	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46712	A sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of Norwich at the Mayor's Guild, June xx, 1693 by John Jeffery ...	Jeffery, John, 1647-1720.	1693 (1693)	Wing J520; ESTC R35426	13,856	34

a_o sermon_n preach_v in_o the_o cathedral_n church_n of_o norwich_n at_o the_o mayor_n guild_n june_n xx_o 1693._o by_o john_n jeffery_n m._n a._n minister_n of_o s._n peter_n of_o mancroft_n in_o norwich_n london_n print_v for_o james_n adamson_n at_o the_o angel_n and_o crown_n in_o s._n paul_n churchyard_n 1693._o imprimatur_fw-la septemb_n 8._o 1693._o geo._n royse_n to_o the_o right_n worshipful_a robert_n cook_n esq_n mayor_z of_o the_o city_n of_o norwich_n sir_n justice_n be_v so_o necessary_a to_o society_n and_o so_o essential_a to_o religion_n that_o none_o can_v be_v safe_a in_o this_o world_n or_o happy_a in_o the_o next_o far_o than_o it_o prevail_v in_o their_o heart_n and_o life_n the_o dignity_n and_o fitness_n of_o the_o subject_n be_v that_o which_o induce_v i_o to_o choose_v it_o for_o the_o occasion_n and_o the_o same_o reason_n i_o believe_v make_v you_o desire_v the_o sermon_n may_v be_v print_v for_o your_o use_n and_o as_o nothing_o be_v more_o agreeable_a 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