Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	concern_v	time_n	write_v	2,871	5	5.4131	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10513	Dauids soliloquie Containing many comforts for afflicted mindes. As they were deliuered in sundry sermons at Saint Maries in Douer. By Io: Reading.	Reading, John, 1588-1667.; Hulsius, Friedrich van, b. 1580, engraver.	1627 (1627)	STC 20788; ESTC S115683	116,784	488

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