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	time_n	2,975	5	3.1999	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08553	The eighth booke of the Myrror of knighthood Being the third of the third part. Englished out of the Spanish tongue.; Espejo de principes y cavalleros. Part 4. Book 1. English.	Martínez, Marcos, fl. 1598-1601. aut; L. A., fl. 1598.	1599 (1599)	STC 18870; ESTC S113629	231,317	298

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