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
A59323	The life and death of Major Clancie, the grandest cheat of this age wherein is set forth many of his villanous projects (real matter of fact) both in England, Ireland, France, Spain and Italy, at last was executed at Tyburn : the reading of which will give the reader great satisfaction.	Settle, Elkanah, 1648-1724.	1680 (1680)	Wing S2696A; ESTC R37370	66,928	162

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