Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	great_a	king_n	year_n	3,100	5	4.5726	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44223	A defence of King Charles I occasion'd by the lyes and scandals of many bad men of this age / by Richard Hollingworth ...	Hollingworth, Richard, 1639?-1701.	1692 (1692)	Wing H2502; ESTC R13622	26,155	45

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