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	read_v	see_v	2,579	5	3.2518	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13436	The complaint of Christmas, and the teares of Twelfetyde by Iohn Taylor.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1631 (1631)	STC 23745.5; ESTC S1017	21,673	51

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