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	know_v	read_v	2,643	5	5.6369	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61168	A relation of the late wicked contrivance of Stephen Blackhead, and Robert Young, against the lives of several persons by forging an association under their hands written by the Bishop of Rochester.	Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713.	1692 (1692)	Wing S5046; ESTC R24611	25,909	80

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