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	read_v	write_v	2,323	5	5.1781	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44628	The six days adventure, or, The new Utopia a comedy as it is acted at his Royal Highness the Duke of York's theatre.	Howard, Edward, fl. 1669.	1671 (1671)	Wing H2974; ESTC R16302	64,652	106

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