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	see_v	2,770	5	3.0783	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26441	Advice of a father, or, Counsel to a child directing him to demean himself in the most important passages of this life.		1664 (1664)	Wing A634; ESTC R28931	72,943	217

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