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
A78478	Certaine observations touching the two great offices of the seneschalsey or high-stewardship, and high-constableship of England.		1642 (1642)	Wing C1713; Thomason E122_23; ESTC R5060	13,081	16

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