Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	begin_v	year_n	zeal_n	16	3	7.4227	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70807	The English atlas	Pitt, Moses, fl. 1654-1696.; Nicolson, William, 1655-1727.; Peers, Richard, 1645-1690.	1680 (1680)	Wing P2306; Wing P2306A; Wing P2306B; Wing P2306C; ESTC R2546	1,041,941	640

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