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	know_v	4,341	4	3.9848	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94379	'Tis a plaine case gentlemen		1643 (1643)	Wing T1307; Thomason 669.f.8[12]; ESTC R212059	2,151	1

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