Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	church_n	england_n	time_n	2,923	5	3.6256	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47900	The parallel, or, An account of the growth of knavery under the pretext of arbitrary government and popery with some observations upon a pamphlet entitled An account of the growth of popery etc.	L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1679 (1679)	Wing L1284; ESTC R26838	24,865	17

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