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
A62780	To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, together with the Honourable Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament the husbandman's advocate.	Husbandman's advocate.; William III, King of England, 1650-1702.; England and Wales. Parliament.	1690 (1690)	Wing T1557; ESTC R16806	5,162	8

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