Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	lord_n	sir_n	thomas_n	11,969	5	8.7332	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37279	A sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor and aldermen at Guild-Hall chappel on Sunday the 11th of April being the anniversary of His Majesties coronation microform / by Sir William Dawes, Baronet ...	Dawes, William, Sir, 1671-1724.	1697 (1697)	Wing D457; ESTC R17840	12,505	40

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