Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	mayor_n	say_a	time_n	11,098	5	5.1853	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31166	The Case of the Lord Mayor and aldermen of London, upon the petition of some of the Common-Council men presented to the Honourable House of Commons, with his Lordships and the aldermens answer to the charge exhibited against them in the said petition.	City of London (England). Lord Mayor.; City of London (England). Court of Aldermen.	1690 (1690)	Wing C1106; ESTC R7825	3,869	2

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