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	read_v	3,182	5	5.8148	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28298	Prince Arthur an heroick poem in ten books / by Richard Blackmore ...	Blackmore, Richard, Sir, d. 1729.	1695 (1695)	Wing B3080; ESTC R23258	151,284	320

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