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
A52161	An historical relation of the conspiracy of John Lewis, Count de Fieschi, against the city and republic of Genoua, in the year 1547 written in Italian by Augustin Mascardi, Gentleman of the Bed-chamber to Pope Urban the Eighth ; done into English by the Honourable Hugh Hare, Esq.; Congiura del conte Gio. Luigi de Fiéschi. English	Mascardi, Agostino, 1591-1640.; Hare, Hugh, 1668-1707.	1693 (1693)	Wing M904; ESTC R19812	70,962	242

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