Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	fit_a	friend_n	great_a	80	3	2.1249	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03229	An elegie on the Earl of Essex. Who cut his own throat in the Tower. July 13. 1683.		1683 (1683)	Wing E415; Interim Tract Supplement Guide C.20.f.3[35]; ESTC R36134	719	1

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