Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	day_n	great_a	place_n	6,135	4	4.0445	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37443	The two great questions consider'd I. What the French king will do, with respect to the Spanish monarchy, II. What measures the English ought to take.	Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.	1700 (1700)	Wing D850; ESTC R20141	13,382	33

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