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
A60154	The fortunate fool written in Spanish by Don Alonso Geronimo de Salas Barbadillo of Madrid ; translated into English by Philip Ayres.	Salas Barbadillo, Alonso Jerónimo de, 1581-1635.; Ayres, Philip, 1638-1712.	1670 (1670)	Wing S369; ESTC R28842	110,309	399

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