Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	king_n	time_n	write_v	5,868	5	5.8753	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63923	Two sermons the first preached upon January the 29, 1687/8, upon occasion of Her Majesties happy conception : the second, June the 17th, 1688, upon the birth of the prince / by John Turner ...	Turner, John, b. 1649 or 50.	1688 (1688)	Wing T3320; ESTC R10476	14,023	38

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