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	time_n	2,069	5	3.0647	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60255	Moral considerations touching the duty of contentedness under afflictions In a letter to the most affectionate and best of fathers Mr. James Simpson. By R.S.	Simpson, Richard, 1661 or 2-1684.	1685 (1685)	Wing S3819A; ESTC R219634	24,953	98

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