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	name_n	time_n	3,883	4	3.0726	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79563	To the Right Honorable the Lord Major and Aldermen of the City of London. The remonstrance and petition of Thomas Church Esq.	Church, Thomas, of Ulster.	1644 (1644)	Wing C3992; Thomason E18_17; ESTC R210034	5,132	7

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