Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

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book_n	king_n	write_v	year_n	5,160	5	4.8919	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32698	Enquiries into human nature in VI. anatomic prælections in the new theatre of the Royal Colledge of Physicians in London / by Walter Charleton ...	Charleton, Walter, 1619-1707.	1680 (1680)	Wing C3678; ESTC R15713	217,737	379

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