Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	assistance_n	good_a	great_a	104	3	2.1271	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89897	The daily exercises of a Christian life or the interiour spirit with which we ought to animate our actions throughout the whole day With an easy instruction for mentall prayer, translated out of French by I.W. of the Soc. of Jesus.; Exercices de la vie intérieure. English	Gonnelieu, Jérôme de, 1640-1715.; I. W.; Nepveu, François, 1639-1708, attributed name.	1689 (1689)	Wing N437B; ESTC R230742	75,972	258

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