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	find_v	great_a	1,744	5	2.5325	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00901	The fall of Babylon in vsurping ecclesiastical power and offices And the miserable estate of them that pertake of her fornications.		1634 (1634)	STC 1101; ESTC S101521	80,856	100

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