Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	witness_n	word_n	world_n	60	3	4.1470	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42959	The scurrilous scribler dissected: or, A word in William Lilly's ear concerning his reputation, which he complains is injured by J.G. that ungrateful scorpionist, as he the said Lilly scurrilously terms him.	Gadbury, John, 1627-1704.	1693 (1693)	Wing G97C; ESTC R219851	3,387	1

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same_o stamp_n in_o sundry_a other_o his_o work_n 2._o mr._n gataker_n a_o man_n of_o great_a learning_n &c_n &c_n in_o his_o vindication_n of_o the_o annotation_n on_o jer._n 10.2_o term_n w._n l._n a_o grand_a impostor_n and_o in_o p._n 71_o a_o palpable_a liar_n and_o fraudulent_a coyner_n of_o fiction_n and_o fable_n p._n 73_o a_o base_a cheater_n and_o that_o his_o merlin_n be_v not_o so_o much_o astrological_a prediction_n as_o satyr_n and_o pasquil_n to_o play_v on_o who_o he_o please_v 3._o the_o same_o mr._n gataker_n in_o discourse_n apologetical_a term_n lily_n a_o shameless_a creature_n one_o that_o know_v not_o how_o to_o reason_n but_o to_o rail_v only_o p._n 6_o a_o railer_n p._n 10_o lilly_n word_n be_v no_o slander_n he_o be_v so_o well_o know_v to_o be_v a_o most_o notorious_a liar_n and_o one_o that_o regard_v not_o what_o he_o say_v p._n 12._o a_o calumniator_n and_o sycophant_n p._n 27._o a_o traducer_n p._n 53_o a_o lie_a varlet_n and_o a_o brother_n of_o 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