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	see_v	word_n	2,759	5	3.8676	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14750	The life of faith by Samuel Ward ...	Ward, Samuel, 1577-1640.	1621 (1621)	STC 25049A; ESTC S1745	31,215	132

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