Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	bind_v	churchyard_n	great_a	14	3	2.1254	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34403	The English oracle, or, A late prophecy of the miseries that will happen this next year, 1679 by A.C.	A. C.	1679 (1679)	Wing C6; ESTC R29170	3,671	10

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