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
A88064	The Leveller: or, The principles & maxims concerning government and religion, vvhich are asserted by those that are commonly called Levellers.		1659 (1659)	Wing L1799; Thomason E968_3; ESTC R202722	10,678	16

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