Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	eat_v	good_a	great_a	123	3	2.1246	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16215	Meditations upon the XLII. Psalme. By William Bloys esquire	Bloys, William, 17th cent.	1632 (1632)	STC 3140; ESTC S114171	95,230	372

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