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	find_v	read_v	1,983	5	5.8619	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55631	A postscript to the Observators first volume, or, The answer of Miles Prance to several of those papers wherein he finds himself most traduced and slandered with some notes to be added to Observator Numb. 8 of the 2d volumn [sic].	Prance, Miles, fl. 1678-1689.; L'Estrange, Roger, Sir, 1616-1704.	1684 (1684)	Wing P3175; ESTC R28157	35,305	24

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