Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	honourable_a	lord_n	right_n	5,719	4	7.1392	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35179	An humble plea for the quiet rest of God's ark in a sermon preached before the right honourable Sr. John Moore, Lord Mayor of the city of London, at St Mildred's church, Feb. 5. 1681/2. / by Samuel Crossman ...	Crossman, Samuel, 1624?-1684.	1682 (1682)	Wing C7268A; ESTC R18008	19,832	46

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