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	time_n	14,389	5	3.4431	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67511	The metamorphos'd beau, or, The intrigues of Ludgate	Ward, Edward, 1667-1731.	1700 (1700)	Wing W745; ESTC R8237	20,963	16

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