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	london_n	year_n	5,595	4	4.9933	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40678	Mixt contemplations in better times by Thomas Fuller ...	Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661.	1660 (1660)	Wing F2451; ESTC R7395	42,203	158

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