Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	earth_n	heaven_n	open_v	2,353	5	7.4824	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07412	A waying and considering of the Interim by the honourworthy and highly learned Phillip Melancthon. Tra[n]slated into Englyshe by Iohn Rogers; Bedencken suffs Interim. English	Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560.; Rogers, John, 1500?-1555.	1548 (1548)	STC 17799; ESTC S104252	13,880	58

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