Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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book_n	call_v	read_v	word_n	2,721	5	3.8942	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40520	Sermons concerning grace and temptations by ... Thomas Froysel.	Froysell, Thomas, d. ca. 1672.	1678 (1678)	Wing F2251; ESTC R1406	217,249	284

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