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	write_v	3,405	5	5.0561	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25633	A proposal for the erecting of county registers for free-hold lands shewing the great use and benefit of them. By E.B. Esquire.	Bohun, Edmund, 1645-1699.	1697 (1697)	Wing A3458A; ESTC R208899	10,245	14

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