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	word_n	write_v	2,442	5	5.2809	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67125	A parallel betweene Robert late Earle of Essex, and George late Duke of Buckingham written by Sir Henry Wotton.	Wotton, Henry, Sir, 1568-1639.	1641 (1641)	Wing W3647; ESTC R23450	12,618	16

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