Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	person_n	say_a	time_n	5,554	4	4.5048	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87445	A just and solemn protestation of the free-born people of England, and free citizens of London against a clause in the late ordinance to deprive them of their free elections, and enslave them.		1647 (1647)	Wing J1226; Thomason 669.f.11[109]; ESTC R210736	2,355	1

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