Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	find_v	great_a	king_n	4,554	4	3.4720	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37119	The history of the thrice illustrious Princess Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, Queen of England	Dauncey, John, fl. 1663.	1660 (1660)	Wing D293; ESTC R20	24,263	144

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