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	good_a	write_v	1,924	5	5.1780	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33878	A Collection of the several late petitions &c. to the Honourable House with an addition never before printed of a preface and a catalogue of above forty petitions ordered to be drawn up and presented to the Honourable House at their next sessions.		1693 (1693)	Wing C5209; ESTC R26620	27,592	34

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