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	time_n	year_n	2,108	5	4.5452	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88665	Sepher Milaytzath HaShemoth or, The true interpretation and etymologie of Christian names, By Edward Lyford, philo[he]bræus. composed in two books; the first, of mens names; the second, of womens names; with so plain derivations of each name, whether Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriack, Greek, or Latin, &c. that any ordinary capacity may understand them. Together with two alphabetical tables, containing all their interpretations. /	Lyford, Edward.	1655 (1655)	Wing L3543; Thomason E1549_1; ESTC R209467	97,564	321

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