Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	let_v	life_n	write_v	2,795	5	5.7299	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58352	Reflexions on marriage, and the poetick discipline a letter / by the author of The remarques on the town.	Author of The remarques on the town.	1673 (1673)	Wing R697; ESTC R3302	40,625	222

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