Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	entertainment_n	find_v	great_a	71	3	2.1246	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31460	The tablet of Cebes the Theban philosopher, or, A true emblem of human life with an additional treatise concerning tranquillity of mind / written by Hipparchus and translated by Robert Warren.; Tabula. English. 1699	Cebes, of Thebes.; Hipparchus, the Pythagorean. Excellent treatise concerning peace of conscience.	1699 (1699)	Wing C1653A; ESTC R35480	26,828	143

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