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
A53317	Mr. George Oldner's invention to preserve ships from foundering, or sinking, at sea, etc. experimented & approv'd : and now propos'd for the universal good of all nations concern'd in navigation : as appears by the following proposal.		1698 (1698)	Wing O264; ESTC R5476	14,373	15

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