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	learned_a	write_v	2,379	5	5.3631	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18244	Cato variegatus or Catoes morall distichs: translated and paraphras'd, with varations of expressing, in English verse. By Sr. Richard Baker Knight; Catonis disticha. English and Latin.	Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234-149 B.C., attributed name.; Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645.	1636 (1636)	STC 4863; ESTC S107921	41,226	110

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