Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	john_n	mayor_n	thomas_n	4,172	4	8.5036	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67641	Derekh leshalom shalom betsok ha-e͡tim, or, The surest way to the safest peace, in troublous times delivered in a sermon preached before the right honourable Sr. John Eyles, kt. : then lord mayor of the City of London, on September 30, 1688 / by James Warner ...	Warner, James.	1688 (1688)	Wing W894; ESTC R7053	21,263	44

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