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	great_a	read_v	1,593	5	5.6329	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63049	A serious and pathetical contemplation of the mercies of God in several most devout and sublime thanksgivings for the same / published by the Reverend Doctor Hicks at the request of a friend of the authors.	Traherne, Thomas, d. 1674.; Hickes, George, 1642-1715.	1699 (1699)	Wing T2021A; ESTC R22798	56,194	161

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