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
A94830	By the Comittee for the Affairs of the poor Protestants in the valleys of Piedmont	Trevor, John, Sir, d. 1673.; Hartman, Adam Samuel.; Cyril, Paul.; England and Wales. Committee for the Affairs of the poor Protestants in the Valleys of Piedmont.	1658 (1658)	Wing T2135; Thomason E1073_2; ESTC R208249	7,083	11

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