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	place_n	9,217	5	4.1500	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13846	Albions triumph Personated in a maske at court. By the Kings Maiestie and his lords. The Sunday after Twelfe Night. 1631	Townshend, Aurelian, fl. 1601-1643.	1632 (1632)	STC 24155; ESTC S121944	7,459	26

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