Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	day_n	great_a	time_n	3,017	5	3.2491	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52765	A pacquet of advices and animadversions, sent from London to the men of Shaftsbury which is of use for all His Majesties subjects in the three kingdoms : occasioned by a seditious pamphlet, intituled, A letter from a person of quality to his friend in the country.	Nedham, Marchamont, 1620-1678.	1676 (1676)	Wing N400; ESTC R36611	69,230	53

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