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
A56893	The visions of dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, knight of the Order of St. James made English by R.L.; Sueños. English. 1667	Quevedo, Francisco de, 1580-1645.; L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1667 (1667)	Wing Q196; ESTC R24071	131,843	354

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