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
A70499	The art of speaking written in French by Messieurs du Port Royal in pursuance of a former treatise intituled, The art of thinking ; rendred into English.; Art de parler. English	Lamy, Bernard, 1640-1715.; Arnauld, Antoine, 1612-1694.; Brulart, Fabio, 1655-1714.; Lamy, François, 1636-1711.; Nicole, Pierre, 1625-1695.	1676 (1676)	Wing L307A; ESTC R1142	142,874	456

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