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	open_v	stand_v	2,534	5	6.4062	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20229	A sermon of repentaunce a very godly and profitable sermon preached at Lee in Essex / by Arthur Dent ...	Dent, Arthur, d. 1607.	1582 (1582)	STC 6649.7; ESTC S4601	24,399	66

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