Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	hand_n	see_v	write_v	2,502	5	5.1865	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11114	Good nevves and bad nevves. By S.R.	Rowlands, Samuel, 1570?-1630?	1622 (1622)	STC 21382; ESTC S110762	13,724	48

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