Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	good_a	great_a	king_n	2,352	5	3.6280	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27517	A sermon upon the Epiphany preach't at Christ-Church in the city of Dublin, 1672 by Richard Berry ...	Berry, Richard.	1672 (1672)	Wing B2046; ESTC R14245	13,293	36

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