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	sir_n	william_n	97,805	5	11.5789	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64548	An historical and geographical account of the province and country of Pensilvania, and of the West-New-Jersey in America ... with a map of both countries / by Gabriel Thomas ...	Thomas, Gabriel.; Thomas, Gabriel. Historical description of the province ... of West-New Jersey.	1698 (1698)	Wing T964; ESTC R2921	24,884	114

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