Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

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city_n	great_a	name_n	time_n	3,883	4	3.0726	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52247	Mr. Newte's sermon concerning the lawfulness and use of organs in the Christian church	Newte, John, 1655?-1716.	1696 (1696)	Wing N1040; ESTC R2838	31,676	58

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