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
A66573	The projectors a comedy / by John Wilson.	Wilson, John, 1626-1696.	1665 (1665)	Wing W2923; ESTC R38668	40,935	67

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