Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	whole_a	wise_a	wit_n	31	3	7.1009	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52356	An exposition with practical observations upon the book of Ecclesiastes written by Alexander Nisbet ...	Nisbet, Alexander, 1623-1669.	1694 (1694)	Wing N1168; ESTC R3204	421,927	628

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