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	kingdom_n	part_n	5,398	4	4.2683	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67135	Reflections upon ancient and modern learning by William Wotton ...	Wotton, William, 1666-1727.	1694 (1694)	Wing W3658; ESTC R32928	155,991	392

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