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	young_a	youth_n	135	3	7.9470	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00997	The Roman histories of Lucius Iulius Florus from the foundation of Rome, till Cæsar Augustus, for aboue DCC. yeares, & from thence to Traian near CC. yeares, divided by Flor[us] into IV. ages. Translated into English.; Epitomae de Tito Livio bellorum omnium annorum DCC libri II. English	Florus, Lucius Annaeus.; Pass, Simon van de, 1595?-1647, engraver.; Bolton, Edmund, 1575?-1633?	1619 (1619)	STC 11103; ESTC S102361	97,168	532

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