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	write_v	year_n	2,966	5	4.5239	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62933	Scarbrough spaw spagyrically anatomized by Geo. Tonstall ...	Tonstall, George, b. 1616 or 17.	1670 (1670)	Wing T1889; ESTC R4765	15,856	62

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