Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	desirous_a	good_a	great_a	87	3	2.1264	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05576	A direction for trauailers Taken out of Iustus Lipsius, and enlarged for the behoofe of the right honorable Lord, the yong Earle of Bedford, being now ready to trauell. They that go downe into the sea in shippes, see the great wonders of the Lord.	Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606.; Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606. Epistola de peregrinatione Italica.; Stradling, John, Sir, 1563-1637.	1592 (1592)	STC 15696; ESTC S101412	11,114	28

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