Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	england_n	king_n	law_n	2,440	5	4.6542	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88839	The Jacobite principles vindicated in answer to a letter sent to the author. Dedicated to the Queen of England.	Lawton, Charlwood, 1660-1721.	1693 (1693)	Wing L739C; ESTC R215013	27,077	30

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