Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	know_v	read_v	time_n	2,668	5	3.4449	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47451	Dialogues of the dead relating to the present controversy concerning the Epistles of Phalaris / by the author of the Journey to London.	King, William, 1663-1712.	1699 (1699)	Wing K544; ESTC R223	26,245	94

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