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	lord_n	2,617	5	3.8565	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54477	An anatomical lecture of man, or, A map of the little world, delineated in essayes and characters by Samuell Person ...	Person, Samuel, 17th cent.	1664 (1664)	Wing P1665; ESTC R18374	38,395	111

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