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

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62841	Amyntor, or, A defence of Milton's life containing I. a general apology for all writings of that kind, II. a catalogue of books attributed in the primitive times to Jesus Christ, his apostles and other eminent persons ..., III. a complete history of the book entitul'd Icon basilike, proving Dr. Gauden and not King Charles the First to be the author of it, with an answer to all the facts alledg'd by Mr. Wagstaf to the contrary, and to the exceptions made against my Lord Anglesey's Memorandum, Dr. Walker's book or Mrs. Gauden's narrative, which last piece is now the first time publish'd at large.	Toland, John, 1670-1722.; Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649.; Wagstaffe, Thomas, 1645-1712. Vindication of King Charles the martyr.; Gauden, John, 1605-1662. Eikon basilike, the pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie in his solitude and sufferings.; Walker, Anthony, d. 1692. True account of the author of a book entituled Eikon basilike.	1699 (1699)	Wing T1760; ESTC R22638	52,206	178

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l._n 3._o c._n 16_o 36._o l._n 4._o c._n 22_o 23._o 23._o contra_fw-la haeres_fw-la l._n 5._o c._n 28._o hist._n eccles._n l._n 2._o c._n 26._o 26._o hom●l_n 6._o in_o luc._n luc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ep._n ad_fw-la ephes._n luc._n 1._o 1_o 2_o 3._o 3._o 〈…〉_z personas_fw-la evangel●i_fw-la 〈◊〉_d haeres_fw-la l._n 3._o 11._o ezek._n 6_o 6_o 10._o 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hist._n eccles._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d c._n 25._o 25._o let_v the_o three_o and_o twenty_o first_o chapter_n of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a history_n of_o eusebius_n be_v consult_v with_o what_o st._n jerome_n have_v write_v on_o the_o same_o subject_a 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d origen_n l._n 2_o contra_fw-la ce●●_n ce●●_n solius_fw-la hilii_fw-la p●tatis_fw-la testamentum_fw-la non_fw-la potuisse_fw-la corrumpi_fw-la solum_fw-la non_fw-la habere_fw-la aliqu●d_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o se_fw-la debea●_n imp_n obari_fw-la p●aesertim_fw-la q●o●_n n●c_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la scriptum_fw-la constat_fw-la nec_fw-la ab_fw-la ejus_fw-la apostolis_fw-la sed_fw-la lonpo_fw-la post_fw-la tem●●●e_fw-la à_fw-la quib●idam_fw-la ince●ti_fw-la nominis_fw-la viris_fw-la qui_fw-la ne_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d non_fw-la 〈…〉_z scribent●bus_fw-la qu●●_n 〈…〉_z apos●olo●um_o nomina_fw-la partim_fw-la eo●●m_fw-la qu●_n 〈…〉_z scriptorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la 〈…〉_z a●●eve●anies_n ●ecundum_fw-la ●os_v se_fw-la scripsisse_fw-la quae_fw-la sc_fw-la ipserint_fw-la quo_fw-la magis_fw-la mihi_fw-la videntur_fw-la injuria_fw-la gravi_fw-la affe●●sse_fw-la discipulos_fw-la christi_fw-la quia_fw-la quae_fw-la dissona_fw-la iidem_fw-la &_o repugnantia_fw-la sibi_fw-la scriberen●_n ea_fw-la referrent_fw-la ad_fw-la ipsos_fw-la &_o secundum_fw-la eos_fw-la hae●_n scribere_fw-la se_fw-la promitterentur_fw-la evangelia_n quae_fw-la tantis_fw-la ●int_fw-la reserta_fw-la erro●ibus_fw-la tantis_fw-la contrarietatibus_fw-la narrationum_fw-la simul_fw-la a●●●ntentiarum_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la sibi_fw-la pro●sas_fw-la necinter_n se_fw-la conveniant_fw-la quid_fw-la ergo_fw-la aliud_fw-la est_fw-la quam_fw-la calumnia●i_fw-fr bonos_fw-es &_o christi_fw-la discipulorum_fw-la conco●dem_fw-la c●tum_fw-la in_o crimen_fw-la devocare_fw-la discord_v augustin_n contra_fw-la faust._n l._n 32._o c._n 2._o 2._o multa_fw-la à_fw-la majoribus_fw-la vestris_fw-la eloquiis_fw-la domini_fw-la nostri_fw-la in●erta_fw-la verba_fw-la sunt_fw-la quae_fw-la 〈◊〉_d signata_fw-la ipsius_fw-la cum_fw-la ojus_fw-la f●de_fw-la non_fw-la congr●unt_fw-la 〈◊〉_d sertim_fw-la quia_fw-la ut_fw-la jam_fw-la saepe_fw-la pr●batum_fw-la à_fw-la nobis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d nec_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la 〈…〉_z sed_fw-la mu●●a_fw-la post_fw-la 〈…〉_z quibus_fw-la &_o ipsis_fw-la inter_fw-la 〈…〉_z judaeis_n per_fw-la sama●_n 〈…〉_z qui_o tamen_fw-la omne_fw-la eadem_fw-la in_o apostolo●um_fw-la domini_fw-la conserentes_fw-la nomina_fw-la vel_fw-la ●orum_fw-la qui_fw-la secu●i_fw-la 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