Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	age_n	write_v	year_n	1,957	5	4.7409	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32905	The golden book of St. John Chrysostom, concerning the education of children translated out of the Greek by J.E., Esq.; De educandis liberis. English	John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407.; Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.	1659 (1659)	Wing C3978; ESTC R10323	26,823	144

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