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
A49001	An Act for Preventing and Suppressing of Fires within the City of London, and Liberties Thereof	City of London (England).	1676 (1676)	Wing L2856A; ESTC R39349	4,573	13

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