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
B05845	An answer to a letter to a gentleman in the countrey, giving an account of the two insurance-offices, the Fire-Office & Friendly-Society	H. S.; Barbon, Nicholas, d. 1698. Letter to a gentleman in the country giving an account of the two insurance-offices, the Fire-Office & Friendly-Society.	1685 (1685)	Wing S33; ESTC R183108	5,457	5

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