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	place_n	4,013	4	4.0285	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66912	A wonderful instance of God's appearance for, and presence with his people in a day of suffering, or, A narrative of the most holy life, and triumphant death of Mr. Fulcran Rey who was put to death in France, for being a publick preacher / in a letter from a friend, to a Protestant refugie ; with allowance, June 2, 1688.	Friend.	1688 (1688)	Wing W3367; ESTC R20406	13,952	17

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