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
A43345	Family-hymns gather'd (mostly) out of the best translations of David's psalms.	Henry, Matthew, 1662-1714.	1695 (1695)	Wing H1475A; ESTC R31532	28,341	86

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