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
A60033	A Short account of French cruelties in a letter from Heidelburgh, June 17 1689.		1689 (1689)	Wing S3535B; ESTC R184145	2,801	5

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