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	lord_n	people_n	5,383	4	4.3982	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96329	The danger of greatnesse: or Uzziah his exaltation and destruction: set forth in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, and the reverend Assembly of Divines, in the church of Martins in the Fields, the 14th day of January, 1645. being a speciall day of humiliation set apart to seek God, for his direction in the setling of the great worke of church-government. / By Jeremiah Whitaker, a member of the Assembly of Divines.	Whittaker, Jeremiah, 1599-1654.	1646 (1646)	Wing W1711; Thomason E316_1; ESTC R200519	42,588	49

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great_a ecquit_v latreni_fw-la scalant_n ascendant_n inuidet_fw-la unde_fw-la post_fw-la decrsum_fw-la est_fw-la praecipitandus_fw-la t._n cartw._n in_o prov._n 16.18_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d no_o man_n envy_v a_o malefactor_n go_v up_o the_o ladder_n though_o exalt_v above_o all_o the_o stander_n by_o because_o his_o climb_v up_o be_v to_o be_v cut_v off_o in_o a_o moment_n see_v this_o in_o haman_n nabuchadnezzar_n belshazzar_n weigh_v in_o the_o balance_n and_o find_v too_o light_a herod_n adore_v as_o a_o god_n immediate_o eat_v up_o of_o worm_n nay_o the_o saint_n bring_v low_a when_o thus_o lift_v up_o david_n when_o his_o mountain_n seem_v to_o stand_v strong_a than_o god_n hide_v his_o face_n