Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	house_n	king_n	lord_n	6,100	4	3.9503	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90450	Mr. Pepys to the President and Governours of Christ-Hospital upon the present state of the said hospital. To the Honour'd Sir John Moor, Kt. and President, and the rest of my honour'd friends, the governours of Christ-Hospital. : York-Buildings, Monday, Novem. 21. 1698.	Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703.; Moor, John, Sir.; Christ's Hospital (London, England). Board of Governours.	1698 (1698)	Wing P1451C; ESTC R187059	23,676	33

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