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	life_n	work_n	2,217	5	5.2779	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30201	Scriptural poems being several portions of Scripture digested into English verse / by John Bunyan.	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1700 (1700)	Wing B5591; ESTC R25312	44,776	103

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