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	read_v	see_v	2,105	5	3.0627	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33186	The history of the triumvirates, the first that of Julius Cæsar, Pompey and Crassus, the second that of Augustus, Anthony and Lepidus being a faithfull collection from the best historians and other authours, concerning that revolution of the Roman government which hapned [sic] under their authority / written originally in French, and made English by Tho. Otway ...; Histoire du premier et du second triumvirat. English	Broë, S. de, seigneur de Citry et de La Guette, 17th cent.; Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685.	1686 (1686)	Wing C4345; ESTC R13558	316,899	694

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