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	speak_v	word_n	2,716	5	3.8043	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64767	Lumen de lumine, or, A new magicall light discovered and communicated to the world by Eugenius Philalethes.	Vaughan, Thomas, 1622-1666.	1651 (1651)	Wing V150; ESTC R146	43,781	117

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