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	write_v	2,867	5	5.0971	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50841	Notes on Dryden's Virgil in a letter to a friend : with an essay on the same poet / by Mr. Milbourne.	Milbourne, Luke, 1649-1720.	1698 (1698)	Wing M2035; ESTC R19804	115,901	234

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