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
A57878	Rules for conversation, or A collection of moral maxims and reflections. By a Roman Catholick	Roman Catholick.	1686 (1686)	Wing R2254; ESTC R218492	18,251	111

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