Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	adhere_v	england_n	great_a	14	3	2.1254	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64558	Remarks on the preface to The Protestant reconciler in a letter to a friend.	S. T. (Samuel Thomas), 1627-1693.	1683 (1683)	Wing T974; ESTC R25646	26,707	64

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