Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	act_n	king_n	write_v	1,919	5	6.0331	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47431	Animadversions on a pretended Account of Danmark	King, William, 1663-1712.	1694 (1694)	Wing K522; Wing K543A; ESTC R2390	79,308	234

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