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	king_n	law_n	2,835	5	4.8368	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36218	Spiritual community vindicated amongst people of different perswasions in some things	Docwra, Anne, 1624-1710.	1687 (1687)	Wing D1781; ESTC R30294	2,894	6

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