Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	esteem_v	famous_a	great_a	163	3	2.1769	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54291	Peppa, or, The reward of constant love a novel : done out of French : with several songs set to musick for two voices / by a young-gentlewoman.	A. C.	1689 (1689)	Wing P1448; ESTC R20576	50,985	144

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