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	write_v	3,726	5	5.3359	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47483	A modest answer to Captain Smith's immodest memoirs of secret service and his remarks upon the D. of S---'s letter to the House of Lords humbly dedicated to the Right Honourable, the Lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled by Ric. Kingston.	Kingston, Richard, b. 1635?; Smith, Matthew, fl. 1696. Memoirs of secret service.; Smith, Matthew, fl. 1696. Remarks upon the D--. of S-----'s letter to the House of Lords concerning Captain Smyth.	1700 (1700)	Wing K613; ESTC R28760	16,651	43

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