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
A85537	A discourse in derision of the teaching in free-schooles, and other common schooles.	Grantham, Thomas, d. 1664.	1644 (1644)	Wing G1552; Thomason E53_7; ESTC R13919	5,332	8

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