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
A61927	The mock-Clelia being a comical history of French gallantries and novels, in imitation of Dom Quixote / translated out of French.	Subligny, sieur de, ca. 1640-ca. 1679.	1678 (1678)	Wing S6107_VARIANT; ESTC R33822	163,594	376

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