Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	even_a	number_n	odd_a	1,722	5	15.7359	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14226	The elements of arithmeticke most methodically deliuered. Written in Latine by C. Vrstitius professor of the mathematickes in the Vniuersitie of Basill. And translated by Thomas Hood, Doctor in Physicke, and well-willer of them which delight in the mathematicall sciences; Elementa arithmeticae. English	Wurstisen, Christian, 1544-1588.; Hood, Thomas, fl. 1582-1598.	1596 (1596)	STC 24540; ESTC S111477	81,241	217

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