Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	canonical_a	church_n	receive_v	6,086	5	6.1495	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28274	Mr. Blackall's reasons for not replying to a book lately published entituled, Amyntor in a letter to a friend.	Blackall, Offspring, 1654-1716.	1699 (1699)	Wing B3049; ESTC R12919	7,533	26

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