Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	dead_a	great_a	write_v	3,370	5	5.8199	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37157	A discourse upon coins by Signor Bernardo Davanzati, a gentleman of Florence, being publickly spoken in the academy there, anno 1588 ; translated out of Italian by John Toland.; Lezione delle monete. English	Davanzati, Bernardo, 1529-1606.; Toland, John, 1670-1722.	1696 (1696)	Wing D301; ESTC R10162	15,606	30

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