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	see_v	3,195	5	3.1087	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81487	The Emperor Augustus his two speeches, in the Senate-House at Rome; the first addressed to the married Romans, the other to the unmarried. / Translated out of Dion Cassius, an ancient Greek historian.; Speeches. English. Selections	Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.; Cassius Dio Cocceianus.	1675 (1675)	Wing D1503A; ESTC R15326	3,942	8

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