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
A81013	His Highnesse the Lord Protector's speeches to the Parliament in the painted chamber, the one on Munday the 4th of September; the other on Tuesday the 12. of September. 1654. Taken by one who stood very near him, and published to prevent mistakes.	England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell)	1654 (1654)	Wing C7175; Wing C7170D; Thomason E812_11; Thomason E812_11*; ESTC R207635	13,982	45

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