Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	esquire_n	robert_n	thomas_n	5,563	4	9.1196	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69248	The elements of logick by Peter Du Moulin. Translated out of the French copie by Nathanael De-lavvne, Bachelour of Arts in Cambridge. With the authors approbation; Elementa logica. English	Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; De Lawne, Nathaniel.	1624 (1624)	STC 7323; ESTC S111073	60,322	228

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