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	part_n	people_n	5,808	4	4.2401	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59617	A discourse touching Tanger in a letter to a person of quality.	Sheeres, Henry, Sir, d. 1710.	1680 (1680)	Wing S3058; ESTC R219091	15,852	52

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