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	prince_n	time_n	4,208	4	3.3130	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96920	A word of comfort: shewing, that the providence of God excellently appeareth in the afflictions of the just.		1646 (1646)	Wing W3559; Thomason E340_22; ESTC R200883	13,577	15

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