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
A69993	Sculptura, or, The history, and art of chalcography and engraving in copper with an ample enumeration of the most renowned masters and their works : to which is annexed a new manner of engraving, or mezzo tinto, communicated by His Highness Prince Rupert to the authour of this treatise.	Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.; Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682.; Sorbière, Samuel, 1615-1670. Account of Signor Giacomo Favi.	1662 (1662)	Wing E3513; ESTC R351	69,491	187

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