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	see_v	word_n	2,798	5	3.6685	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44967	Two sermons by Geo. Hall ...	Hall, George, 1612?-1668.	1641 (1641)	Wing H339; ESTC R19103	23,750	56

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