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
B03052	An address agreed upon at the committee for the French War, and read in the House of Commons April the 19th, 1689.	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee for the French War.	1689 (1689)	Wing E2513B; ESTC R170061	3,783	4

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