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	word_n	write_v	5,518	5	5.5370	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59544	A discourse concerning conscience wherein an account is given of the nature and rule and obligation of it : and the case of those who separate from the communion of the Church of England as by law established, upon this pretence, that it is against their conscience to join in it, is stated and discussed.	Sharp, John, 1645-1714.	1684 (1684)	Wing S2970; ESTC R17838	38,235	62

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