Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	find_v	great_a	read_v	2,892	5	5.5522	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37083	The reformed librarie-keeper with a supplement to The reformed-school, as subordinate to colleges in universities / by John Durie ; whereunto is added, I. An idea of mathematicks II. The description of one of the chiefest libraries which is in Germanie ...	Dury, John, 1596-1680.; Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.; Pell, John, 1611-1685. Idea of mathematicks.; Schwartzkopf, Johann, 1596-1659. Bibliotheca augusta ... quae est Wolferbyti.	1650 (1650)	Wing D2882; ESTC R7272	22,097	70

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