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	part_n	see_v	2,658	5	3.2246	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46700	A treatise concerning the indifference of humane actions	Jeanes, Henry, 1611-1662.	1669 (1669)	Wing J509A; ESTC R34477	148,823	174

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