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	world_n	write_v	3,052	5	5.1732	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62648	The wisdom of being religious a sermon preached at St. Pauls / by John Tillotson ...	Tillotson, John, 1630-1694.	1664 (1664)	Wing T1272; ESTC R4633	37,624	58

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