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
A78231	The Case of the booksellers trading beyond sea, humbly offer'd to the honourable House of Commons.	England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1700 (1700)	Wing C1017A; ESTC T11179	765	2

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