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	year_n	10,409	5	4.7494	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35777	A Description of Vienna in its ancient and present state : with an exact and compleat account of the siege thereof, began by the Ottoman Emperour on the 16th of July, 1683, and continued until the [12th?] of September following : at which time the siege was rais'd and a total defeat given to the Turkish army by the Christians.		1683 (1683)	Wing D1172; ESTC R140	4,145	1

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