Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	king_n	kingdom_n	year_n	4,354	4	4.8224	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29005	An address to the honourable city of London, and all other cities, shires and corporations, concerning their choice of a new Parliament together with a true character of popery and arbitrary government / humbly presented by C. B.	C. B.	1681 (1681)	Wing B40; ESTC R2639	15,063	18

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