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	see_v	time_n	2,768	5	3.3465	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22897	A little pamphlet entituled the ladder of paradise Very worthy and needful to be read of every Christian that is willing to tread the steps which lead to heauen.; Scala paradisi. English.	Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, attributed name.; Guigo II, d. 1188, attributed name.; T. W., fl. 1573-1595.	1580 (1580)	STC 937; ESTC S115844	15,368	46

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