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	king_n	kingdom_n	9,660	5	5.5175	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57725	The life of Count Ulfeld, great master of Denmark, and of the Countess Eleonora his wife done out of French ; with a supplement thereunto, and to the account of Denmark formerly published.; Comte d'Ulfeld, grand maistre de Danemarc. English	Rousseau de la Valette, Michel.	1695 (1695)	Wing R2052; ESTC R8467	51,327	148

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