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	life_n	write_v	1,812	5	5.6284	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42442	Three discourses of happiness, virtue, and liberty collected from the works of the learn'd Gassendi, by Monsieur Bernier ; translated out of French.; Selections. English. 1699	Gassendi, Pierre, 1592-1655.; Bernier, François, 1620-1688.	1699 (1699)	Wing G297; ESTC R8129	274,288	497

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