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	write_v	year_n	5,160	5	4.8919	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62085	An exposition of Ecclesiastes, or, The preacher	Sikes, George.	1680 (1680)	Wing S6323A; ESTC R221693	399,046	484

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