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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58105	A journal of a voyage made into the South Sea, by the bucaniers or freebooters of America, from the year 1684 to 1689 written by the Sieur Raveneau de Lussan ; to which is added, The voyage of the Sieur de Montauban, captain of the free-booters on the coast of Guiney, in the year 1695.; Journal du voyage fait à la Mer du Sud avec les flibustiers de l'Amerique en 1684 & années suivantes. English	Raveneau de Lussan, Sieur.; Montauban, Sieur de, ca. 1650-1700. Relation du voyage du Sieur de Montaubon, capitaine des flibustiers, en Guinée en l'année 1695. English.	1698 (1698)	Wing R322; ESTC R14129	172,255	210

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