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
A50269	Certain material and useful considerations about the laws positive and laws of necessity relating to the unhappy distractions of the present times	Mathew, John.; Philalethes.	1680 (1680)	Wing M1288A; ESTC R36494	10,378	18

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