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	lord_n	time_n	5,971	4	3.5040	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47639	The speech of Sr. Ellis Leighton Kt. at the Tholsell of Dublin, April the 4th 1672	Leighton, Elisha, Sir, d. 1685.	1672 (1672)	Wing L1025; ESTC R24042	2,755	7

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