Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	knight_n	sir_n	william_n	17,607	5	9.3269	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14334	The beame of brightnesse. Or The three faire sisters of Christendome Containing: a disputation betweene the three famous citties in Europe. Viz. Venice, Paris and London, with their differences. Composed by William Venner, gentleman.	Fennor, William.	1611 (1611)	STC 24649; ESTC S120937	5,205	18

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