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	work_n	write_v	3,207	5	6.2968	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28983	A short censure of the book of W.P. entituled, The University of Oxfords plea, refuted	Bagshaw, Edward, d. 1662.	1648 (1648)	Wing B398; ESTC R7753	6,912	16

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