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
A70177	An account of Mr. Ferguson, his common-place-book in two letters.	Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680.; Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.	1675 (1675)	Wing G798; ESTC R23394	20,014	66

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