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	reign_v	year_n	5,248	4	5.6377	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44657	Poems on several occasions written by the Honoura ble Sir Robert Howard.	Howard, Robert, Sir, 1626-1698.; Virgil. Aeneis. Liber 6. English.; Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius). Achilleis. English.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1696 (1696)	Wing H3004; ESTC R30342	151,173	320

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