Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	eye_n	young_a	youth_n	23	3	7.5075	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63558	A True narrative of a wonderful accident which occur'd upon the execution of a Christian slave at Aleppo in Turky being a remarkable instance of divine providence, attesting the acceptableness of the Christian religion, and the virtue of chastity to Almighty God : written at first for the satisfaction of a friend only, and since made publick for the strengthning of virtue.		1676 (1676)	Wing T2773; ESTC R12567	4,481	10

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