Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	author_n	concern_v	write_v	1,827	5	5.3231	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47314	The lybeller carracterizd [sic], or a hue and cry sent after him. Some of his works made publick: with observations thereupon	Key, Leonard.; Coale, Benjamin. aut	1684 (1684)	Wing K383B; ESTC R221668	7,345	8

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