Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	george_n	john_n	sir_n	14,397	5	7.2829	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87260	Information for James Mclurg late dean of Guild of Edinburgh, George Clerk, Robert Blackwood and others, merchants and tradesmen of Edinburgh against Sir John Hall, Sir Archibald Muir, and others the present magistrates and council thereof.		1694 (1694)	Wing I164aA; ESTC R178645	13,017	11

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