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	know_v	write_v	2,987	5	5.2886	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18242	Cato in English verse With a three-fold table directing to varietie. 1. Of lessons for all sorts of persons. 2. Of copies for writing-schollers. 3. Of poesies for the house and schoole. The second edition. With addition of proper titles or heads (answering the first table) to euery distich for the more profitable vse of this worke, especially in the English schooles. By Iohn Penkethman louer of learning.; Catonis disticha. English.	Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234-149 B.C., attributed name.; Penkethman, John.	1624 (1624)	STC 4862; ESTC S120780	15,343	44

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