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
A78483	Certaine petitions presented by the Lord Maior, and commonalty of the Citie of London, to the honorable House of Commons, shewing, the great inconveniences of protections, priviledges and priviledged places, with the allegations and reasons tendred by the committees, appointed by Common Councell of the City of London, against the same: being voted by a committee of the lower House.	City of London (England). Court of Common Council.	1641 (1641)	Wing C1723; Thomason E197_4; ESTC R232017; ESTC R6546	4,278	9

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