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	speak_v	word_n	3,198	5	3.8376	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93210	A short discourse (recommended to all our English divines) concerning the death of the witnesses in general, and the two witnesses in particular; : plainly shewing ...		1699 (1699)	Wing S3584C; ESTC R184159	9,247	11

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