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	rome_n	see_v	4,340	4	3.9137	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06139	The ivbile of Britane. By Lodowik Lloid Esquier	Lloyd, Lodowick, fl. 1573-1610.	1607 (1607)	STC 16623; ESTC S108769	21,616	48

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