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	write_v	2,874	5	5.1956	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09710	Platoes cap Cast at this yeare 1604, being leape-yeere.	Evesdropper, Adam.	1604 (1604)	STC 19975; ESTC S110473	6,124	22

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