Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	john_n	see_v	write_v	2,594	5	5.3629	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25668	An Account of the proceedings against Samuel Johnson, who was tryed at the Kings-Bench-Bar, Westminster, for high misdemeanour, and found guilty of writing and publishing two seditious and scandalous libels against the government on Monday, the 21th of June, 1686		1686 (1686)	Wing A351; ESTC R402	2,462	2

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