Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	law_n	life_n	write_v	2,944	5	5.7098	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14500	Virgil's Georgicks Englished. by Tho: May Esqr; Georgica. English	Virgil.; May, Thomas, 1595-1650.; Vaughan, Robert, engraver.	1628 (1628)	STC 24823; ESTC S119392	50,687	160

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