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	whole_a	4,650	4	4.9295	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36718	The famous Chinois, or The loves of several of the French nobility, under borrowed names with a key annexed.; Fameux Chinois. English	Du Bail, Louis Moreau, sieur.; Eleutherius.	1669 (1669)	Wing D2404; ESTC R13883	118,806	282

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