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	great_a	see_v	2,797	5	3.4756	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49552	An introduction to the history of England comprising the principal affairs of this land, from its first planting, to the coming of the English Saxons : together with a catalogue of the British and Pictish kings / by Daniel Langhorne.	Langhorne, Daniel, d. 1681.	1676 (1676)	Wing L395; ESTC R13965	103,983	214

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of_o marius_n his_o word_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o be_v at_o first_o name_v cimmerian_n afterward_o not_o unfit_o cimbrian_n and_o a_o little_a before_o he_o say_v some_o conceive_v that_o the_o cimmerian_n which_o be_v first_o know_v to_o the_o grecian_n be_v but_o a_o small_a part_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n a_o band_n of_o fugitive_n or_o seditious_a person_n force_v by_o the_o scythian_n to_o remove_v from_o maeotis_n into_o asia_n under_o the_o conduct_n of_o lygdamius_n but_o the_o main_a body_n and_o most_o warlike_a part_n of_o they_o have_v their_o habitation_n in_o the_o remote_a coast_n hard_a by_o the_o ocean_n which_o description_n agree_v very_o well_o with_o the_o dwelling_n of_o our_o cimbriaus_n near_o the_o german_a ocean_n neither_o be_v plutarch_n calling_n this_o a_o conjecture_n sufficient_a to_o invalidate_v the_o authority_n of_o more_o ancient_a writer_n than_o himself_o in_o the_o last_o place_n