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	time_n	town_n	5,945	4	6.0551	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50931	Paradise regain'd a poem in IV books : to which is added Samson Agonistes / the author John Milton.	Milton, John, 1608-1674.; Milton, John, 1608-1674. Samson Agonistes.	1671 (1671)	Wing M2152; ESTC R299	60,088	218

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