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	year_n	9,128	5	4.5915	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09661	The true report of the burnyng of the steple and church of Poules in London	Pilkington, James, 1520?-1576.	1561 (1561)	STC 19930; ESTC S105054	4,051	18

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