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	king_n	time_n	2,754	5	3.4132	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97162	The prophecy of Gnatus a Brittish prophet: introduced by a preface of Robert Ware, Esq; and set forth with a few notes by the introductor.	Gnatus.; Ware, Robert, d. 1696.	1681 (1681)	Wing W850A; ESTC R186263	2,615	9

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