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	world_n	4,040	4	4.7999	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54550	The Petition of the ladies of London and Westminister to the honourable house of husbands		1693 (1693)	Wing P1812; ESTC R235129	4,363	6

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