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	send_v	time_n	4,585	4	3.3827	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51838	Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons / by the late Reverend Tho. Manton ...	Manton, Thomas, 1620-1677.	1685 (1685)	Wing M521; ESTC R31880	183,001	436

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