Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	good_a	great_a	time_n	4,509	4	3.2073	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47306	Of Christian prudence, or, Religious wisdom not degenerating into irreligious craftiness in trying times	Kettlewell, John, 1653-1695.	1691 (1691)	Wing K378; ESTC R28756	189,905	358

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