Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	great_a	house_n	time_n	4,067	4	3.1680	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45883	A letter to a gentleman of the Insurance Office, concerning the Cities insuring houses	I. W.	1681 (1681)	Wing I18; ESTC R213588	1,299	1

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