Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	call_v	find_v	write_v	2,962	5	5.1225	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46280	Wit in a wildernesse of promiscuous poesie by the author Tho. Jordan.	Jordan, Thomas, 1612?-1685?	1665 (1665)	Wing J1072; ESTC R19732	17,369	50

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