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	name_n	5,555	4	4.7547	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15355	The painfull aduentures of Pericles prince of Tyre Being the true history of the play of Pericles, as it was lately presented by the worthy and ancient poet Iohn Gower.; Painfull adventures of Pericles prince of Tyre.	Wilkins, George, fl. 1607.	1608 (1608)	STC 25638.5; ESTC S104496	49,056	78

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