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
A49635	The last letters, to the London-merchants and faithful ministers concerning the further proceedings of the conversion and restauration of the Jews with most strange and wonderful miracles performed by the holy captain general of the wandring Israelites, a prophecie touching the downfall of Babylon in 66, and the time of the Gospel to be preach'd throughout the whole world, the number of their great armies, a description of their persons, habits, and weapons, the routing of the King of Arabia, and killing many thousand Turks, and the fearful dream of the Turkish Emperour, worthy of observation by all good Christians.	Serrurier, Petrus.	1665 (1665)	Wing L489; ESTC R5552	3,276	9

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