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	people_n	see_v	5,614	4	3.3572	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04645	Epicoene, or the silent woman A comedie. Acted in the yeare 1609. By the children of her majesties revels. The author B. I.	Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.	1620 (1620)	STC 14763; ESTC S113330	55,831	102

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