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
A41798	Mnemophthoropaiktes, the brainbreakersbreaker, or, The apologie of Thomas Grantham, for his method in teaching dwelling in Lothbury, London.	Grantham, Thomas, d. 1664.	1644 (1644)	Wing G1558; ESTC R11564	5,891	10

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