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	law_n	parliament_n	2,063	5	6.6295	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62468	Captain Thorogood his opinion of the point of succession, to a brother of the blade in Scotland	Thorogood, B.	1680 (1680)	Wing T1062; ESTC R9103	17,937	16

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