Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	according_a	judge_v	write_v	2,865	5	5.2438	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96094	VVorks of darknes brought to light, or A glance on the mystery of iniquity, carried on in these three nations by the Iesuits, to the utter subversion of religion and government, and an attempt to subject us to popish tyranny: with proposals to prevent the same. By S.W.	S. W.	1659 (1659)	Wing W111; Thomason E984_10; ESTC R203978	2,866	7

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