Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	write_v	young_a	youth_n	20	3	7.6519	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59170	Medea a tragedie / written in Latine by Lucius Annæus, Seneca ; Englished by E.S., Esq., with annotations.; Medea. English	Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.; Sherburne, Edward, Sir, 1618-1702.	1648 (1648)	Wing S2513; ESTC R17531	52,518	122

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