Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	contain_v	history_n	year_n	3,071	5	5.5025	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53952	A discourse concerning the existence of God by Edward Pelling ...	Pelling, Edward, d. 1718.	1696 (1696)	Wing P1078; ESTC R21624	169,467	442

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