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	read_v	word_n	3,143	5	3.9137	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12777	The faerie qveene disposed into twelue books, fashioning XII. morall vertues.	Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.	1590 (1590)	STC 23081A; ESTC S123180	296,829	616

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