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	john_n	sir_n	4,680	4	6.3721	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40835	A Famous and joyfull victory obtained by Sir John Merricks regiment and one troop of horse against the towne and castle of Portsmouth August 24, 1642 and read in the House of Commons on Wednesday last : wherein is set downe a true and exact relation of the manner of that famous and renowned battell fought betwixt the gentry of Portsmouth and Colonell Goring ... published for the joy and comfort of all true-hearted Protestants.		1642 (1642)	Wing F356A; ESTC R26705	2,533	10

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