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
A56252	The history of popedom, containing the rise, progress, and decay thereof, &c. written in High Dutch by Samuel Puffendorff ; translated into English by J.C.	Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694.; Chamberlayne, John, 1666-1723.	1691 (1691)	Wing P4176; ESTC R5058	76,002	238

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their_o atheism_n from_o the_o world_n for_o fear_v of_o bring_v themselves_o into_o trouble_n and_o let_v any_o wise_a man_n judge_v how_o easy_o a_o italian_a or_o spaniard_n that_o have_v never_o read_v the_o bible_n nor_o any_o good_a protestant_a book_n may_v fall_v into_o such_o impious_a thought_n so_o soon_o as_o he_o begin_v to_o discover_v the_o cheat_n of_o his_o clergy_n it_o be_v likewise_o certain_a that_o since_o luther_n time_n the_o popedom_n have_v put_v on_o another_o face_n and_o do_v proceed_v much_o more_o cautious_o than_o heretofore_o beside_o there_o be_v a_o great_a number_n of_o people_n of_o all_o condition_n that_o find_v their_o advantage_n in_o the_o romish_a communion_n either_o by_o enter_v into_o several_a order_n of_o knight_n or_o but_o put_v themselves_o into_o convent_v which_o be_v oftentimes_o a_o great_a ease_n and_o sometime_o the_o aggrandize_v of_o a_o whole_a family_n and_o at_o the_o least_o the_o superstitious_a parent_n be_v very_o well_o 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